Z:gnu-www-ja-free-digital-society--fceeb5-I launched the Free Software m/en

I launched the Free Software movement in 1983, when I announced the plan to develop a free software operating system whose name is GNU. Now GNU, the name GNU, is a joke; because part of the hacker's spirit is to have fun even when you're doing something very serious. Now I can't think of anything more seriously important than defending freedom.