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The GNU project
Recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX" pronounced "guh-noo" (audible g).
1984, Richard M. Stallman (RMS)
Goals:
- Develop a complete UNIX style operating system which is free software.
- Bring back the cooperative spirit that prevailed in the computing community in earlier days.
Free as in Freedom
- The GNU Project - http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
- About the GNU Project - http://www.gnu.org/gnu/
- Image : Levitating, Meditating, Flute-playing Gnu by the Nevrax Design Team - http://www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html