1985: Stallman Creates the Free Software Foundation
While the GNU project provided the beginnings of a freely shared code base, it was not until 1985, when Stallman created the Free Software Foundation, that the political dimensions of free code began to find their footing. By helping to organize and fund free software development, the FSF over the past thirty years has provided crucial grounding for GNU and many other projects. It has also helped connect free code to social and political causes that share similar goals.
While the GNU project provided the beginnings of a freely shared code base, it was not until 1985, when Stallman created the Free Software Foundation, that the political dimensions of free code began to find their footing. By helping to organize and fund free software development, the FSF over the past thirty years has provided crucial grounding for GNU and many other projects. It has also helped connect free code to social and political causes that share similar goals.
