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linux.com: "On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced his intention to found the GNU project in order to build a free operating system.

Now, 25 years later, the Free Software Foundation is marking the anniversary of the announcement with a month-long celebration."

On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced his intention to found the GNU project in order to build a free operating system.

Now, 25 years later, the Free Software Foundation is marking the anniversary of the announcement with a month-long celebration.

Looking back at the last quarter century, Stallman expresses some guarded satisfaction

September 10, 2008 - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago Share Comments This month marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the GNU Project by Richard M. Stallman.

Today the GNU project celebrates its quarter-century. It was on 27 September 1983 that MIT slacker Richard M Stallman made his announcement that he intended to create a complete Unix-like system that would be completely open and hackable, giving anyone the right to modify and distribute the work.

Linux.com has an interesting look at the inner workings of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). "The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity?

Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF's advocacy role has become. It also reveals the range of services available to the free software community, and helps to explain how such a small group has had such a major influence on computer technology.

Linux Today Blog: "Way back in the very olden days, or so the story goes, Richard M. Stallman was motivated to launch the Free Software movement because of something that afflicts us to this day- crappy binary-only printer drivers.

How's that for innovation? 38 years later and we still have sucky printer drivers..."

Going back to 1984, Richard M. Stallman (aka RMS) declared to build a completely free, portable operating system.

He took the model of UNIX, which was the most popular system back then, and started writing pieces of the system.

"People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance.

So happy hacking."