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Richard Stallman is born in New York
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Began working at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab
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Contributes to the development of the EMACS text editor
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Announces the GNU Project via net news
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Leaves MIT to work full-time on GNU
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Founds the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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Publishes version 1.0 of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
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GNU software combined with Linux kernel creates popular operating system
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Launches the campaign against DRM (Defective by Design)
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Stallman receives Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment
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Appears in documentary Revolution OS
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Continues speaking tours on software freedom globally
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Warns against cloud computing and proprietary software traps
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Resigns from MIT and FSF after controversy, sparking debates
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Returns to FSF Board, reigniting discussion around his legacy
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Stallman still writes, advocates, and influences policy debates