Richard Stallman
Overview
Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"
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}} is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer.
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}} is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer.
Quotations
Prior art is as effective as US soldiers in Iraq: They control the ground they stand on, and nothing more. I used to say Vietnam, but, well, you know...
In a talk on Software Patents; Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (26 September 2004)
People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.
Keynote address at the New York Linux Bazaar