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GDB and the Free Source-Level Debugger
Richard Stallman's GDB made source-level debugging part of the GNU system and evolved into a portable, community-maintained debugger for many languages, architectures and remote targets.
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GCC and the Free Compiler Toolchain
Richard Stallman's GNU C Compiler made a high-quality optimizing compiler available as free software in 1987 and grew into the multi-language GNU Compiler Collection that underpins major open systems.
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The GNU Project and the Decision to Build a Free Operating System
The GNU Project turned software freedom from a principle into a systems-building program: create a complete Unix-compatible environment that users could study, modify, share and improve.
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Copyleft and the GNU GPL: Using Copyright to Preserve Software Freedom
Copyleft used copyright law in an unusual way: instead of only restricting copying, it granted broad freedoms while requiring redistributed modified versions to preserve those freedoms.
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The Free Software Foundation and the Institutionalization of Software Freedom
The Free Software Foundation gave the free software movement legal, financial and organizational continuity, supporting GNU development while turning licensing and user freedom into durable institutional work.
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