He is a programmer.”Īpril is pleased to have been working with Richard Stallman for almost seventeen years, and we wish him a happy birthday. He is not an artist, or a professional writer. But recognized or not, a time gets marked by the people who speak its ideals, whether in the whisper of a poem, or the blast of a political movement. Sometimes these philosophers are recognized as such often it takes generations before the connection is made real. Stallman Lawrence Lessig wrote “Every generation has its philosopher-a writer or an artist who captures the imagination of a time. In the introduction to the book Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Today, Richard Stallman is still a tireless activist for Free Software, whose philosophy he defines in three words: « Liberty, Equality, Fraternity » 1 At the origin of the Free Software movement, about thirty years ago, he is the founder of the GNU Project and of the Free Software Foundation. Richard Stallman turns 60 this Saturday, March16th, 2013.
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