The Beginning

• Why I Must Write GNU

• “I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, make each user agree not to share with others. I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way.”

• The Gnu Manifesto

• Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Foundation, 1985

• http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html