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GNU Project

The GNU community development of applications and Unix-like operating systems, which began in 1984. Initiated by Richard Stallman, the GNU notion of an operating system follows that of Unix, which is more expansive than Windows and can include any type of programs users might want. Thus, major applications have been released by the GNU Project such as the popular GIMP image editing program. See GNU, GNU/Linux, GNU Hurd, GIMP and free software.
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There is no better discussion of the history and purposes of the GNU Project than these essays: "In the GNU Project, our aim is to give all users the freedom to redistribute and change GNU software .
Donovan's Bookshelf
Linux provided the kernel that Stallman's GNU project had been missing, and distributed development on GNU/Linux, a free operating system that ran on cheap Intel hardware, began in earnest.
Legal issues for the use of free and open source software in government
In addition to sponsoring the GNU Project, the Free Software Foundation also sponsors the GPL Compliance Lab, which investigates reports of violations of the GNU General Public License.
There's no need to fear open source
Even if their points of view do not coincide, both the GNU project and the supporters of the idea of open-source software are allies in a war against Microsoft.
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The most prominent one in the software community seems to be from the GNU Project (http://www.
What is right about a copyleft? This new licensing agreement allows users to modify an intellectual creation. (Legal Issues)
At Sun, Skrenta and Truell were on the front lines of the Open Source movement, a collective of programmers that sprung from the prehistory of the Internet and helped shape the independently run GNU Project (its most famous offspring is the Linux operating system).
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To complete the operating system, Torvalds and other team members made use of system components developed by members of the Free Software Foundation for the GNU project.
Understanding the linux kernel. (IT News)
One of the oldest open-source companies is Cygnus Solutions, which sells support and consulting for open-source tools from the GNU project, such as the gcc C compiler.
Free Software Needs Profit
7) with support for C and C++; the latest version of the GNU Project Debugger (GDB 7.
Red Hat Delivers Advanced Tooling and Community Resources to Software Developers
Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project, has spoken out against European Patent Office plans to extend European patent law to software.
Stallman Sounds Off on Software Patents in Europe
After two years of active development, the GNU project has released GNU Bayonne, Version 1.
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The GNU project is the heart of open source development.
Red Hat and SuperH Develop Open Source Tools for New 64 Bit Processors; GNUPro Developer Tools Developed for SuperH SH-5 Architecture

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