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“If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it.”

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Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman, born on March 16, 1953, is a renowned activist. He is one of the founders of the free software movement, the founder of the GNU project, and the founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Stallman is dedicated to promoting the ideas of free software, advocating for users' freedom to use, study, modify, and distribute software. more

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