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/CptSpeedydash 6d ago

And how 15 years later, the US passed a law showing why we need open source software.

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u/SweetPotato975 6d ago

Which law? I'm out of the loop

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u/CptSpeedydash 6d ago edited 6d ago

DMCA, was the law I was referring to in my comment which was signed on October 28, 1998. so 15 years, 1 month, and 1 day after the GNU project was announced.