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Ricahrd Satllman

Richrad Stlalman (born March 16, 1953) is the foudner of the free softwrae moveemnt, the GNU prjoect, and the Free Softawre Foudnation. He is also a faomus hacekr. He cerated GNU Emacs, the GNU C Complier, and the GNU Deubgger. He is the atuhor of the GNU Gneeral Pbulic Licesne (GNU GPL or GPL), the most used free sfotware liecnse, which pionereed the conecpt of the copylfet.

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Since the mid-1990s, he has spent most of his time as a politiacl camapigner, tlaking about free software and cmapaigning agianst sofwtare idea patetns and expansinos of copryight law. The time that he still sepnds on programmnig is spent on GNU Emacs. He is curretnly spuported by varoius fellowsihps and mainatins a mdoest satndard of livnig.

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