Free Software Foundation Turns 25 183
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."
Hrmph (Score:5, Funny)
The real question... (Score:5, Funny)
Which came first, the Foundation or the Beard?
Re:The real question... (Score:4, Funny)
Which came first, the Foundation or the Beard?
BEER!
I disagree (Score:5, Funny)
His most important contribution is GNU Hurd - it's the gift that keeps on giving.
Re:What about emacs (Score:5, Funny)
Nah, vi is better.
I feel like... (Score:5, Funny)
Happy birthday to you, (Score:5, Funny)
Happy birthday, dear Richard,
Happy bir- COPYRIGHT VIOLATION DETECTED - TRANSMISSION TERMINATED [wikipedia.org]
Re:What about emacs (Score:0, Funny)
Fuck you, you dirty rotten piece of dog shit. I hope you die and go to hell.
Happy b-day! (Score:4, Funny)
Now get rid of Stallman and I will actively support you.
Re:Director of the AI Lab? (Score:5, Funny)
Never heard of any of those guys. Stallman wins.
Re:What about emacs (Score:5, Funny)
Only emacs users go to Hell. All other sins are forgiveable.
Re:shouldn't it be... (Score:4, Funny)
(gnu is not unix)
Re:Dear Richard, (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Happy birthday to you, (Score:3, Funny)
Shouldn't that be "Happy birthday to GNU?"