Happy GNU Year: Richard Stallman on How He Created GNU on Proprietary Systems 30 Years Ago
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-01-07 09:57:07 UTC
- Modified: 2014-01-07 09:58:00 UTC
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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation's founder, explains how the GNU project started
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