Editing GNU Manifesto (section)

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The '''''GNU Manifesto''''' is a [[direct action|call-to-action]] by [[Richard Stallman]] encouraging participation and support of the [[GNU Project]]'s goal in developing the [[GNU]] [[free software|free]] computer [[operating system]].  The GNU Manifesto was published in March 1985 in ''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stallman |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Stallman |date=March 1985 |title=The GNU Manifesto |url=http://www.math.utah.edu/ftp/pub/tex/bib/toc/dr-dobbs-1980.html#10(3):March:1985 |journal=Dr. Dobb's Journal |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=30 |access-date=2011-10-18}}</ref> It is held in high regard within the [[free software movement]] as a fundamental philosophical source.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-gnu-manifesto-turns-thirty|title=The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty|last=Bustillos|first=Maria|date=2015-03-17|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2019-10-07|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/460211/trisquel_gnu_linux_flies_flag_software_freedom/|title=Trisquel GNU/Linux flies the flag for software freedom|website=Computerworld|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007143507/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/460211/trisquel_gnu_linux_flies_flag_software_freedom/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/2002/features/rms.php3|title=LWN: Interview with Richard M. Stallman|website=lwn.net|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/452826/developer_interview_dos_long_dead_long_live_freedos/|title=Developer interview: DOS is (long) dead, long live FreeDOS|website=Computerworld|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007150522/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/452826/developer_interview_dos_long_dead_long_live_freedos/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/16/apple.idg/|title=CNN - Apple warms up to open source community - June 16, 1999|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/Red-Hat-open-source-genesis-to-mainstreaming-revelations|title=Red Hat: open source genesis, to mainstreaming revelations - Open Source Insider|website=www.computerweekly.com|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>

The full text is included with GNU software such as [[GNU Emacs|Emacs]], and is publicly available.<ref name="GNU Manifesto">{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html|title=The GNU Manifesto|last=Stallman|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Stallman|date=March 1985|publisher=[[GNU Project]]|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>