BWhat changed
A coherent public case and recruitment document for GNU became available.
Scientific scope
1985 manifesto, recognizing reused 1983 text and later minor updates; software, licenses and FSF separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Richard Stallman’s 1985 GNU Manifesto, including its bounded project proposal and software-freedom argument. The 1983 announcement, later GNU software, licenses, contributors, the Free Software Foundation and the distinct 1998 open-source movement remain separate.
Contributors
- Richard Stallman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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