{"product_id":"free-as-in-freedom-richard-stallmans-crusade-for-free-software-by-sam-williams","title":"Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams","description":"\u003ch3 id=\"about_book_header\"\u003eAbout this eBook\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/help\/bibliographic_record.html#Table:_Bibliographic_Record\" title=\"Information about Table: Bibliographic Record.\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"icon icon_help noprint\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"bibrec\" id=\"about_book_table\" style=\"width: 100.059%; height: 431.063px;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol class=\"narrow\" style=\"width: 22.4959%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 77.206%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eWilliams, Sam, 1969-\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eFree as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eNote\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eWikipedia page about this book: https:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_as_in_Freedom\"\u003e\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_as_in_Freedom\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eProduced by Craig Morehouse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eReading Level\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003eReading ease score: 60.6 (8th \u0026amp; 9th grade). 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The book chronicles the life and activism of Richard Stallman, a pivotal figure in the free software movement, emphasizing his contributions to software freedom, the development of the GNU General Public License (GPL), and his philosophical battles against proprietary software practices. The opening of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toggle-content\"\u003ebook introduces readers to Stallman's early life and the initial events that shaped his perspective on software sharing and ownership. In a frustrating encounter with a malfunctioning printer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stallman's realization that the software running the printer was closed off and proprietary sparked a series of reflections about the ethos of the hacker community and the impact of non-disclosure agreements. 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