Z:gnu-www-ja-rms-nyu-2001-transcript--77e0fa-In October 1985, we founded th/en

In October 1985, we founded the Free Software Foundation. So please note, the GNU project came first. The Free Software Foundation came after, about almost two years after the announcement of the Project. And the Free Software Foundation is a tax-exempt charity that raises funds to promote the freedom to share and change software. And in the 1980's, one of the main things we did with our funds was to hire people to write parts of GNU. And essential programs, such as the shell and the C library were written this way, as well as parts of other programs. The  program, which is absolutely essential, although not exciting at all [Laughter] was written this way. I believe GNU grep was written this way. And so, we're approaching our goal.