Happy Birthday to GNU

Twenty five years ago this month, a man called Richard Stallman announced to the world his intention to create a complete operating system from the ground up. He called it, GNU, which stands for GNU’s Not Unix.

Stephen Fry who is an advocate of free software has made a video that tells you all about it. Matt Lee an, FSF campaigns manager and the producer of the film, said...

Stephen has generously donated his time to the cause of free software. His ability to communicate a technological and philosophical movement in terms of the basic principles of sharing and user freedom — ideas that everyone can understand — will introduce a new and broader audience to the benefits of free software

You can watch the video over at gnu.org, or download a copy of the video for posterity.