Free Software pre-Linux
Free Software pre-Linux
This philosophy of asking for users' comments and suggestions and using
them to improve computer programs was not new. Richard Stallman, who
worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had been advocating
just such an approach to computer programming and use since the early
1970's. He was a pioneer in the concept of 'free software', always
pointing out that 'free' means 'freedom', not zero cost. Finding it
difficult to continue working under conditions that he felt went against
his concept of 'free software' he left MIT in 1984 and founded GNU. The
goal of GNU was to produce software that was free to use, distribute
and modify. Linus Torvalds' goal 6 years later was basically the same:
to produce an operating system that took into account user feedback.
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