Certainly Richard Stallman did not envision this when he created the paradigm of Free Software.

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One such, Richard Stallman, founded the Free Software Foundation in 1983.

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Everyone thought Richard Stallman was crazy in the 1980s when he tossed out the rules of the conventional software industry and started trying to develop a completely free operating system.

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Richard Stallman is a little like Santa Claus.

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