http://kerneltrap.org/taxonomy/term/453/0 en-local http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484 <div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/news/hurd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://kerneltrap.org/files/category_pictures/K-Hurd_0.gif" alt="GNU/Hurd news" title="GNU/Hurd news" width="75" height="75" /></a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://kerneltrap.org/files/category_pictures/K-Interviews.gif" alt="Interviews" title="Interviews" width="75" height="75" /></a></div><!-- google_ad_section_start --><p><a href="http://www.stallman.org/" target="new">Richard Stallman</a> founded the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html" target="new">GNU Project</a> in 1984, and the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/fsf/fsf.html" target="new">Free Software Foundation</a> in 1985. He also originally authored a number of well known and highly used development tools, including the <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="new">GNU Compiler Collection</a> (GCC), the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/gdb.html" target="new">GNU symbolic debugger</a> (GDB) and <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html" target="new">GNU Emacs</a>.</p> <p>To better understand Richard Stallman and the GNU project, I recommend you begin by reviewing their <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/" target="new">philosophy page</a>. On it you will find a wealth of information.</p> <p>We began this interview via email, but later had to finish by telephone after Richard Stallman fell and broke his arm. He was kind enough to speak with me at length, discussing his first contact with computers, his time in the AI lab, th