Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Free Software Foundation Turns 25

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-dig-the-crazy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On this day, 25 years ago, Richard Stallman created the Free Software Foundation. He had been the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Lab. Tired of seeing software that he and others had written appropriated (without acknowledgment or compensation) by disreputable software companies and then told to pay for software they had written, Stallman took action, creating the foundation. The original license was written by Stallman. Stallman had subsequently written a large number of GNU tools, but the license was his most important contribution."

6 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. Hrmph by egibster · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate this article because I completely agree with it. I hate you.

    --
    Eric
  2. The real question... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Which came first, the Foundation or the Beard?

    --
    Trolling is a art,
  3. Re:What about emacs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, vi is better.

  4. Happy birthday to you, by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Happy birthday to you,
    Happy birthday, dear Richard,
    Happy bir- COPYRIGHT VIOLATION DETECTED - TRANSMISSION TERMINATED

    --
    If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
  5. Re:Director of the AI Lab? by KlomDark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never heard of any of those guys. Stallman wins.

  6. Re:What about emacs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only emacs users go to Hell. All other sins are forgiveable.