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sep 27, 1983 - GNU Project Founded

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Richard Stallman founded the GNU project, to allow users to use a computer with completely free software. The main goal was an entirely open source operating system. This was in opposition to the monetization policies behind Unix, hence the recursive acronym GNU's Not Unix (GNU).

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sep 27, 1983
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~ 42 years ago