By Bonita Blaney

*COMPUTER HERORICHARD STALLMAN

RICHARD MATTHEW STALLMAN

BORN: 16 March 1953, New York City, United States

NATIONALITY : American OTHER NAMES: RMS, St. iGNUcius (avatar) OCCUPATION : President of the Free Software Foundation KNOWN FOR : Free software movement, GNU, Emacs, GCC Website : www.stallman.org

Who is Richard Stallman?

*Known as RMS

*An American Software Freedom Activist

*Computer Programmer

*Campaigns for the freedom of study

*distribute and modify software

*What did Richard do?

*Best known for launching the GNU Project

*Founding the Free Software Foundation

*Developing the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs

*Writing the GNU General Public License.

*He has received fourteen honorary doctorates and professorships for this work.

*Unusual Facts

*Does not celebrate Christmas but Grav mass

*Admires Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela

*Recommends not using mobile phones

*Science Fiction fan

*As well as English, speaks fluent French and Spanish

QUIZ TIME

*QUESTION 1Choose the correct answer

What initials does Richard Stallman often

use?

A RMS

B

C

RSM

RSS

WELL DONE

THE CORRECT ANSWER

WRONG - TRY AGAIN

YES NO

*QUESTION 2Choose the correct answer

Richard is an American Software Freedom?

A Actor

B

C

Activist

Actress

*QUESTION 3Choose the correct answer

What Project did Richard Stallman launch?

A UN Project

B

C

GM Project

GNU Project

*QUESTION 4Choose the correct answer

What occasion does Richard Stallman not

celebrate?

A Christmas

B

C

Easter

American Independence Day

Congratulations