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GNU 40th anniversary (www.gnu.org)

submitted 11 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/foss@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5592397

Forty years ago, Richard Stallman announced the plan to develop the GNU operating system, which would be entirely composed of free software. The existence of a free operating system would enable people to operate their computers in freedom, throwing off the power of the developers of nonfree software. The GNU Project has also built the global free software movement.

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[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

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