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Born
Born in New York, New York -
First year at Harvard
Stallman becomes a Freshman at Harvard. -
Begins to work at Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT
Here Stallman writes Emac text editor in C computer programming language. -
Graduates Harvard with BA in Physics
Stallman graduates Magna Cum Laude with a Physics Degree from Harvard. -
Stallman begins Grad school at MIT
Stallman begins Graduate school at MIT. -
Begins GNU Project
Stallman Begins working on GNU operating system. Pioneer of free and open source software. -
Stallman Leaves MIT
Stallman Leaves MIT due to concern over copyright rules and to focus his work on GNU.. -
GNU Manifesto
Stallman writes a "Manifesto" outlining his reasons for creating free operating system. Stallman revises and updates Manifesto until 1987. -
Stallman founds the Free Software Foundation
Stallman creates foundation out of support for the Free Software movement which he leads. -
Stallman founds League for Programming Freedom
This organization Stallman created to fight off software patents and copyright and push for free and open source software. -
Awarded MacArthur fellowship
Also known as "genius award." Receives a large sum of money for winning the award. Helps the development of GNU Project. -
Linus Torvalds creates Linux Kernel
Linus Torvalds creates Linux kernel. Later on in 1994 it is combined with GNU to create GNU/Linux also known as Linux. -
Linux is created
Stallman's GNU and Linus Torvalds Kernel are combined to create Linux. A big moment for Stallman and the computer world. -
Stallman Publishes "The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning resource"
This essay wished for an "open source encyclopedia" to be available to the public. This encyclopedia highlights Stallman's desire for things to be both open and free. -
Stallman receives Fondazione Pistoletto Prize
Most recent acknowledgement for pioneering free software -
TED TALK
Stallman presents a TED TALK on free software, Very interesting to watch after learning about him this semester and through researching him for this assignment Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM -
Controversy
Stallman discredits victim of Jeffrey Epstein. Stallman resigns from MIT and Free Software Foundation.
