## <a name="Introduction"> Introduction </a>

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix. It is a [project](http://www.fsf.org/gnu/gnu.html) announced in [1983](http://www.fsf.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html) by Richard M Stallman ([RMS](http://www.stallman.org)). The [Free Software Foundation](http://www.fsf.org/fsf/fsf.html) was founded in 1995.

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          <li><span style="background:"><font color="">Copyleft Licenses</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/CopyleftLicenses">?</a> - For information on the licenses used on GNU software, and on other free software licenses </li>
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          <li> link to FAQ: What is the relation between <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.en.html#q1-2" target="_top">GNU and Hurd</a>? </li>
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          <p> There is a <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200210/msg00035.html" target="_top">Welcome Note</a> with more introduction about GNU and the Hurd sent monthly <nop>Help-Hurd@gnu.org. </nop></p>
          <p> If you want to help the GNU movement, or if you simply don't know what GNU stands for, visit the official site at <a href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org</a>. </p>
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