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Birth
Richard Stallman was born on March 16, 1953 in New York City. -
College
Stallman began his hacker career when he started working with AI Laboratories at MIT. -
Graduation
Stallman graduated with a physics degree from Harvard University. -
Emacs
Richard Stallman developed the Emacs software system. It was the first of its kind as an expandable text editor. -
GNU Project
Stallman began his work leading a team in his GNU Project. This sparked the "free software movement". -
Free Software Foundation
Stallman created the Free Software Foundation prior to the invention of GNU. This is a nonprofit foundation which supports his original project. -
Copyleft
Richard Stallman created copyleft. He spread this concept to enforce rights for free software. -
GNU Manifesto
Stallman published the GNU Manifesto. This manifesto explained the reasoning behind GNU, and explained the process and how it can be used with UNIX. -
Chalmers Computer Society
Richard Stallman was initiated into the Chalmers Computer Society as an honorary lifetime member. -
League for Programming Freedom
Stallman co-founded this league to promote the rights of hacking freedom. -
GPL
Stallman released GPL, which is associated with GNU. GPL is the first independent network created by Stallman. -
"The Free Universal Encyclopedia & Learning Resource"
Stallman published this paper to aid in the globalization of computing. It aided in the creation of publishing an open-source encyclopedia. -
South America Awards
Richard Stallman was awarded multiple honoraries from Peru. He was granted awards from Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, University of Pavia and Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. -
Hall of Fame
Richard Stallman was invited to be in the Internet Hall of Fame, one of the highest awards granted in his field. -
Resignation
Stallman resigned from both the Free Software Foundation and MIT. He stepped down after he discredited a victim of Jeffrey Epstein while he was being accused of being a sex offender.