GNU

Code free or die
A new biography of Richard Stallman looks at how the free software mastermind got to be so single-mindedly stubborn.
The Linux jihad
Or, what do alien crypto, poststructuralism and virtual private networks all have in common?
Free Photoshop for the people
Berkeley's Experimental Computing Club has produced some of the Net's most cherished software.
Letters to the editor
Is onscreen love colorblind? Plus: An unintended message on George W.'s Web site; dog breeding is un-American!
Who controls free software?
Does Red Hat's aquisition of Cygnus give the company the final say on free software's future?
Casting an academic eye on Linux
Researchers at the University of Michigan want to know how the open-source community "gets things done."
Do penguins eat apples?
Once upon a time, Apple dreamed of killing giants. Today, that hope belongs to a new, open-source generation.
The Richard Stallman saga, redux
"The Saint of Free Software" sparks new debates about the philosophy of the open-source movement.
The saint of free software
In the rush to make free software business-friendly, is Richard Stallman being written out of history?

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