The Man Who Wrote the Rules of Freedom for Software

Hacker Noon

• February 26, 2026 at 05:11 AM

The Man Who Wrote the Rules of Freedom for Software

Richard Stallman — the man whose code runs the internet but whose philosophy the industry ignores. From the MIT AI Lab to his 2026 crusade against generative AI, this is the story of the last true hacker.

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