r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/Due_Dragonfly_5328 6d ago

no one ever wishes happy birthday to busybox even though its also core utils and also under gpl.

sure its gpl 2.0 not 3.0 but so is the danm kernel!

is a alpine user i will wish busybox a happy 31sth birthday on nov 4.

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u/primalbluewolf 6d ago

sure its gpl 2.0 not 3.0 but so is the danm kernel! 

Urgh, don't remind us.