Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

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Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and communicate the ethics of 1970s era "hacking" culture in such a way that later generations might easily share and build upon the knowledge of their computing forebears. The book documents Stallman's page.  Read more... Abstract: Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and communicate the ethics of 1970s era "hacking" culture in such a way that later generations might easily share and build upon the knowledge of their computing forebears. The book documents Stallman's page Content: Table of Contents Preface Comments and Questions Acknowledgments For Want of a Printer 2001: A Hacker's Odyssey A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man Impeach God Small Puddle of Freedom The Emacs Commune A Stark Moral Choice St. Ignucius The GNU General Public License GNU/Linux Open Source A Brief Journey Through Hacker Hell Continuing the Fight Crushing Loneliness Terminology Hack, Hackers, and Hacking GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) 0. PREAMBLE 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS 2. VERBATIM COPYING 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY 4. MODIFICATIONS. 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS 8. TRANSLATION 9. TERMINATION 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE ADDENDUM: How to Use This License for Your Documents Index.