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It's not just a license.
It's a whole philosophy that,
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I think, motivated the open source definition.
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I don't hide that a lot of what I do came from Stallman.
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A crucial step in the growth of GNU/Linux
and the Free Software movement
:23:24
was the creation of businesses
based upon the software and philosophy.
:23:29
Grown zero for the beginning of
the business phase
:23:32
was the Electronics Research Lab
at Stanford University.
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Known as ERL, the lab was the place for the first GNU
:23:40
and Linux business founder inspiration.
:23:43
So right here was where ERL was.
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That would have been the entrance
over there next to the uh,
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electrical engineering McCullough building.
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As you walk in, you come in,
you walk down the hallway, down here.
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My office would have been about, about here.
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and then right across the hall,
from that was Michael Tiemann's office.
:24:07
Michael Tiemann took uh.. and
started a company, Cygnus Software
:24:12
with the idea was to sell consulting
and services around the GNU Free Software
:24:18
and, well Michael's done very well with Cygnus.
:24:21
Well uh, I spend a lot of
time working out uh,
:24:26
how we were going to make money
:24:28
and in the original GNU manifesto
:24:30
which is the last chapter
of the GNU Emacs manual.
:24:34
Stallman proposed a number of different
:24:36
possible ways to make money.
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From the beginning of the
Free Software movement
:24:41
I had the idea that there's
:24:42
room in it for business to be done.
:24:45
One of the advantages of Free Software is that, there's
:24:48
a free market for any kind of service or support.
:24:52
So if you are using software in your business,
:24:54
and you want good support,
:24:57
you have a choice of people to go to for it,