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<title>Software Libre Liberec</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Richard Stallman at Technical University of Liberec.">
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The <b><a href="https://www.fm.tul.cz">Faculty of Mechatronics</a></b>
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held a lecture about <b>free software</b> and <b>freedom</b> in the digital society with <b>Richard Stallman</b>.
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You may watch a recording of the lecture <b><a href="/tul_stallman_talk.mkv">here</a></b>.
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<h1>Who is Richard Stallman?</h1>
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Dr Richard Stallman launched the <b>free software movement</b> in 1983 and
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started the development of the <b>GNU operating system</b>
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(see <a href="https://www.gnu.org">www.gnu.org</a>) in 1984.
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GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it
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and redistribute it, with or without changes. The <b>GNU/Linux</b> system,
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basically the GNU operating system with <a href="https://kernel.org/">Linux</a>
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as the kernel, is used on <b>tens of millions of computers today</b>.
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Stallman has received the <b>ACM Grace
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Hopper Award</b> and the <b>ACM Software and Systems Award</b>, a <b>MacArthur
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Foundation fellowship</b>, the <b>Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer
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Award</b>, and the the <b>Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment</b>, as
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well as many doctorates honoris causa, and has been inducted into the
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<a href="https://www.internethalloffame.org/">Internet Hall of Fame</a>.
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If you are also interested in his other projects or ideas, you can visit his
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<a href="https://stallman.org">personal website</a>, where he regularly adds new content.
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Dr Richard Stallman<br>
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Founder of the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a><br>
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Founder and development leader of the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/">GNU operating system</a>
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<img src="../word_cloud_en.png" alt="Poster for Richard Stallman's lecture">
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