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LinuxWorld: Who will make the tamales?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 13, 1999

“Will nobody ever volunteer to work on the project that
Richard Stallman has identified as one with the most
need?”

“The question this time: who will write the documentation?”

“This past August…, I interviewed the Free Software
Foundation’s (FSF) Richard Stallman. He said that if someone
approached him about writing code for the FSF, and if Richard
learned that he could also write documentation, he would beg that
person for that instead of code.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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