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From Free Software to Free Software
| 1960s | Software is Free, although the expression doesn't exist yet. |
| 1969 | Unbundling of hardware and software (and services) pricing by IBM, under the threat of an antitrust lawsuit. |
| 1976 | An Open Letter to Hobbyists, Bill Gates:
most of you steal your software. Hardware must be paid for, but software is something to share. Who cares if the people who worked on it get paid ? |
| 1980s | Software becomes more and more proprietary. |
| 1984 | GNU project. |
| 1991 | Linux. |
| 1993 | Debian GNU/Linux |
| 1998 | Open Source Initiative. |
- An Open Letter to Hobbyists, Bill Gates - http://www.tranquileye.com/cyber/1976/gates_open_letter_to_hobbyists.txt
