---
title: Richard Stallman
type: Person
tags: [free-software, gnu, emacs, gcc]
---
# Richard Stallman
Founder of the Free Software Foundation and GNU Project.
## Observations
- [name] Richard Stallman
- [role] Software freedom activist and programmer
- [expertise] Compiler design
- [expertise] Software licensing
- [fact] Founded the Free Software Foundation in 1985
- [fact] Created GNU Emacs, GCC, and the GPL license
## Relations
- works_at [[Free Software Foundation]]
- created [[GNU Project]]
- created [[GNU Emacs]]
- created [[GCC]]