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GNU 40th anniversary (www.gnu.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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[โ€“] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

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[โ€“] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

I literally thought every reference to GNU was for terry pratchett. This explains a lot. I thought I was just missing something from the going postal branch of books.