The GNU Project ( The GNU Project ) is a free software development project (STR) that is the result of many separate projects collaborating. The project was launched by well-known programmer and supporter of open source software Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . [1] The initial goal of the project was "to develop enough free software <...> so that you can do without software that is not free ." [2] To achieve this, the project in 1984 began developing the GNU operating system (GNU is a recursive acronym , which stands for “ G NU is N ot U nix” ). This goal was achieved in 1992 , when the last gap in the GNU OS - the kernel of the system - was filled by a third-party development, the Linux kernel , which was released as free software under the GNU GPL v2 license .
| GNU Project | |
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| Type of | non-profit organization |
| Year of foundation | 1983 year |
| Founders | Richard Stallman |
| Location | no data |
| Field of activity | software |
| Site | gnu.org |
The ongoing work of the GNU project includes software development, awareness raising, political campaigns, and new material distribution.
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The origins of the project
When the project first began to exist, they ...
| ... had an Emacs text editor with the Lisp programming language for writing editor commands, a source code debugger, a yacc- compatible parser and linker . Original text had an Emacs text editor with Lisp for writing editor commands, a source level debugger, a yacc-compatible parser generator, and a linker |
They also had a base core , which required a large number of updates. After the kernel and compiler were finished, GNU could be used for software development. The main goal was to write many other free programs similar in functionality to Unix OS software. The GNU project allowed Unix programs to run, but at the same time, it was not an exact copy of this OS.
GNU manifest
The GNU manifesto ( The GNU Manifesto ) was written by Richard Stallman in order to gain support and attract people to participate in the project. Programmers were invited to participate in some aspect of the project - in what interested them. People could donate funds, computer components, or even their own time to write code and programs for this project.
In the GNU Manifesto, Richard Stallman explains why he started the project and answers possible questions about the GNU project that may arise from project participants and supporters. The manifesto begins with an explanation of how and why the GNU project will be available, along with answers to objections that may arise about the possible consequences of the GNU project [3] .
Interesting Facts
- In honor of the GNU project, an asteroid is named - (9965) GNU .
See also
- GNU Free Documentation License
- Free Software Foundation
- GNU Hurd
- Copyleft
Notes
- ↑ About the GNU Project: Initial Announcement . Date of treatment March 11, 2010. Archived August 21, 2011.
- ↑ The GNU Manifesto . Date of treatment March 11, 2010. Archived February 19, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Nick Montfort. "The GNU Manifesto." The NewMediaReader. Cambridge, Mass .: MIT, 2003.545-550. Print
Links
- gnu.org - The official GNU project site