 The GNU logo, drawn by Etienne Suvasa The GNU Project was announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. It initiated the GNU operating system, software development for which began in January 1984. Image File history File links Heckert_GNU_white. ...
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Richard Matthew Stallman (nickname RMS) (born March 16, 1953) is an acclaimed software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer. ...
GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system - consisting of a kernel, libraries, system utilities, compilers, and end-user application software - composed entirely of free software. ...
An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ...
The founding goal of the project was, in the words of its initial announcement, to develop "a sufficient body of free software [...] to get along without any software that is not free." This article is about free software as defined by the sociopolitical free software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ...
The first milestone was to make a free software operating system. To make this happen, the GNU project began working on an operating system called the GNU system. This goal of making a free software operating system was achieved in 1992 when the last gap in the GNU system, a kernel, was filled by a third-party Unix-style kernel called "Linux" being released as free software. GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
A kernel connects the application software to the hardware of a computer. ...
Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ...
The Linux kernel is a Unix-like operating system kernel. ...
Current work of the GNU project includes software development, awareness building, and political campaigning.
Philosophy
Although its most visible output is technical, the GNU Project was launched as a social, ethical, and political initiative. As well as producing software and licenses, the GNU Project has published a large number of philosophical writings, the majority of which were penned by Stallman.
Website and publications The GNU project website is translated into many languages by volunteers. Most pages are available in 15 to 20 languages, while some are available in more than 30.
Speakers The following are official speakers for the GNU Project [1]: Robert (aka Bob) Chassell was one of the founding directors of Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985. ...
Loïc Dachary is a pioneer of the GNU Project and notably active in free software development since 1987. ...
Georg C. F. Greve (born March 10, 1973 in Helgoland, Germany) is initiator and president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. ...
Federico Heinz is a Latin-American programmer and Free Software advocate living in Argentina. ...
He was Chief Executive of Free Software Foundation and is now CTO of Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). ...
Eben Moglen Eben Moglen is a professor of law and history of law at Columbia University, serves pro bono as General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation, and is the Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center. ...
Richard Matthew Stallman (nickname RMS) (born March 16, 1953) is an acclaimed software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer. ...
Recognition This article is about the year 2000. ...
The USENIX Association is the Advanced Computing Technical Association. ...
The USENIX Association is the Advanced Computing Technical Association. ...
External links History: GNU Manifesto • GNU Project • Free Software Foundation (FSF)
GNU licenses: GNU General Public License (GPL) • GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) • GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Software: GNU operating system • bash • GNU Compiler Collection • Emacs • GNU C Library • Coreutils • GNU build system • other GNU packages and programs
Speakers: Robert J. Chassell • Loïc Dachary • Ricardo Galli • Georg C. F. Greve • Federico Heinz • Bradley M. Kuhn • Eben Moglen • Richard Stallman • Len Tower
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The GNU Manifesto was written by Richard Stallman at the beginning of the GNU Project, to ask for participation and support. ...
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit corporation founded in October 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement (free as in freedom), and in particular the GNU project. ...
The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ...
GNU logo The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. ...
GNU logo (similar in appearance to a gnu) The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free content, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project. ...
GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system - consisting of a kernel, libraries, system utilities, compilers, and end-user application software - composed entirely of free software. ...
bash is a Unix shell written for the GNU Project. ...
The GNU Compiler Collection (usually shortened to GCC) is a set of programming language compilers produced by the GNU Project. ...
This article is about the text editor. ...
Glibc is the GNU projects C standard library. ...
The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing many of the basic tools such as cat, ls, and rm needed for Unix-like operating systems. ...
The GNU build system is a suite of tools produced by the GNU project that assist in making packages portable to many UNIX-like systems. ...
This is an incomplete list of the software packages developed for or maintained by the Free Software Foundation for GNU, a free UNIX-compatible operating system whose development started in 1984. ...
Robert (aka Bob) Chassell was one of the founding directors of Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985. ...
Loïc Dachary is a pioneer of the GNU Project and notably active in free software development since 1987. ...
Georg C. F. Greve (born March 10, 1973 in Helgoland, Germany) is initiator and president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. ...
Federico Heinz is a Latin-American programmer and Free Software advocate living in Argentina. ...
He was Chief Executive of Free Software Foundation and is now CTO of Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). ...
Eben Moglen Eben Moglen is a professor of law and history of law at Columbia University, serves pro bono as General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation, and is the Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center. ...
Richard Matthew Stallman (nickname RMS) (born March 16, 1953) is an acclaimed software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer. ...
Leonard (Len) H. Tower Jr. ...
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