Using GPL is encroaching on our rights to encroach on yours. - Richard Stallman

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Using GPL is encroaching on our rights to encroach on yours.

Richard Stallman

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About Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman (born 16 March 1953), often known as rms or RMS, is the founder of the Free Software movement, the GNU project, the Free Software Foundation, and the League for Programming Freedom. He also invented the concept of copyleft to protect the ideals of this movement, and enshrined this concept in the widely-used GPL (General Public License) for software.

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Pen Names: rms • Saint IGNUcius

Birth Name: Richard Matthew Stallman

Alternative Names: Richard M. Stallman • R. Stallman • St. IGNUcius • Chief GNUisance • RMS

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