![]() Of course, with books, the "source code" has never been hidden. ![]() But he has released it under the GNU Free Documentation Licence, the equivalent of the GPL, originally intended for manuals. ![]() Williams failed to write his biography using Emacs, Stallman's word processor, and did not put drafts on the net for comment and review. One way or another, the FSF wrote or assembled the largest part of what is now usually called Linux, and Linus Torvalds wrote its kernel with Stallman's tools and released it under Stallman's licence. Since there was no suitable copyright licence, he developed the GPL (General Public Licence), which is now in widespread use. Since there was no way to support the effort, he created the Free Software Foundation. Since there were no free tools to write with, he had to develop those first, including the GNU C compiler. ![]()
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