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| %% Copyright (c) 2002, 2010 Sam Williams |  | ||||||
| %% Copyright (c) 2010 Richard M. Stallman |  | ||||||
| %% Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this |  | ||||||
| %% document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, |  | ||||||
| %% Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software |  | ||||||
| %% Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and |  | ||||||
| %% no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the |  | ||||||
| %% file called ``gfdl.tex''. |  | ||||||
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| In 2002, Sam Williams wrote Free as in Freedom, a biography of Richard |  | ||||||
| M. Stallman. In its epilogue, Williams expressed hope that choosing to |  | ||||||
| distribute his book under the GNU Free Documentation License would |  | ||||||
| enable and encourage others to share corrections and their own |  | ||||||
| perspectives through modifications to his work. |  | ||||||
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| Free as in Freedom (2.0) is Stallman's revision of the original |  | ||||||
| biography. While preserving Williams's viewpoint, it includes factual |  | ||||||
| corrections and extensive new commentary by Stallman, as well as new |  | ||||||
| prefaces by both authors written for the occasion. It is a rare kind |  | ||||||
| of biography, where the reader has the benefit of both the |  | ||||||
| biographer's original words and the subject's response. |  | ||||||
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| About the Author: |  | ||||||
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| Richard M. Stallman is an internationally recognized computer |  | ||||||
| programmer, political activist, and author. In 1983 he founded the |  | ||||||
| free software movement by launching the GNU Project. He coined the |  | ||||||
| term "copyleft" and is the main author of several copyleft licenses, |  | ||||||
| including the most widely used free software license, the GNU General |  | ||||||
| Public License. The GNU/Linux System (the GNU operating system with |  | ||||||
| the kernel Linux added) is today used on tens of millions of |  | ||||||
| computers. |  | ||||||
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| Stallman is the recipient of numerous awards, including the ACM Grace |  | ||||||
| Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic |  | ||||||
| Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award, and the Takeda Award for Social |  | ||||||
| and Economic Well-Being. A collection of Stallman's essays, Free |  | ||||||
| Software, Free Society, is also available from GNU Press — |  | ||||||
| www.gnupress.org. |  | ||||||
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