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-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 24 Jul 2007

## <a name="GNU_FSF_amp_RMS"> </a> GNU, FSF &amp; RMS

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix. It is a project announced in 1983 by [[RichardStallman]] (RMS). The Free Software Foundation ([FSF](http://www.fsf.org/fsf/fsf.html)) was founded in 1985 to act as a parent organization for GNU and many other projects. GNU and some non-GNU projects are now hosted on the [Savannah](http://savannah.gnu.org) platform similar to SourceForge.net.

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