Quote by: Richard Stallman

In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest is to be better known, so sharing their work benefits them as well as readers.


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  • NameRichard Stallman
  • DescriptionAmerican software freedom activist and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
  • AliasesRichard M. Stallman; rms; Richard Matthew Stallman; Stallman, Richard Matthew; St. iGNUcius
  • BornMarch 16, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionProgrammer; Computer Scientist; Lecturer; Blogger; Software Developer
  • WorksGNU; GNU Emacs; Emacs; Free Software Song; GNU General Public License; GNU Compiler Collection; GNU Debugger
  • AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program; Grace Murray Hopper Award; EFF Pioneer Award