The GNU manifestoThe GNU manifestoRichard StallmanRichard Stallman•Born: March 16 1953Born: March 16, 1953 • Hacker name: rmsf hi d• Left physics grad program at MIT to k h AI lbwork at the AI lab• Launched the GNU Project in 1983The End of Hacker CultureThe End of Hacker CultureEarly 1980’s‐Programmers began lockingEarly 1980 s Programmers began locking software to gain advantage over competitorsProprietary software became the normStallman saw that the locks on software and ideas"The only thing …worse than an unauthorised copy of a proprietary program is anauthorisedcopy of theprogram, is an authorisedcopy of the proprietary program because this does the same harm to its whole community of userssame harm to its whole community of users, and in addition, usually the developer, the perpetrator of this evil profits from it"perpetrator of this evil, profits from it.Free Software!(as in freedom, not beer)Free Software! (as in freedom, not beer)•Can copy and change thingsUnder the GNU manifestoCan copy and change things,• Can still charge for what you make,’ lki• But, you can’t lock it• “Copyleft”The four freedoms of Free Software!The four freedoms of Free Software! •Freedom 0Under the GNU manifestoFreedom 0– You can run the program howe ver you wish•Freedom 1•Freedom 1– Study and change the source code• Freedom 2– Distribution of originals• Freedom 3–Distribution of your modified ver sionsyLet’s debate!Let s debate!Topics: Free softwareDRMCopyrightFree intellectual propertyFree intellectual propertyFree stuff (walmart)Stallman fun!Stallman
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