I whakarewahia e Stallman te kaupapa GNU i te Mahuru 1983 hei hanga i tetahi punaha whakahaere rorohiko rite ki a Unix i hangaia katoa mai i te raupaparorohiko koreutu. Na tenei, i whakarewahia e ia te nekehanga raupaparorohiko koreutu. Ko ia te kaihoahoa matua me te kaiwhakahaere o te kaupapa GNU, me te whakawhanake i etahi waahanga raupaparorohiko GNU e whakamahia whānuitia ana, tae atu ki etahi atu, ko te GNU Compiler Collection, GNU Debugger, me te etita kuputuhi GNU Emacs. I te Oketopa 1985 i whakatuhia e ia te Free Software Foundation. Pātai: He aha te mahi a Stallman i te 1983?
Ko te kaihoahoa matua o te kaupapa GNU me te kaiwhakahaere