<s>
The	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
is	O
a	O
call-to-action	O
by	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
encouraging	O
participation	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
's	O
goal	O
in	O
developing	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
free	B-Application
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
March	O
1985	O
in	O
Dr.	O
Dobb	O
's	O
Journal	O
of	O
Software	O
Tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
held	O
in	O
high	O
regard	O
within	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
movement	O
as	O
a	O
fundamental	O
philosophical	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
text	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
software	O
such	O
as	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
publicly	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
parts	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
posted	O
by	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
1983	O
,	O
in	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
email	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
give	O
computer	O
users	O
freedom	O
and	O
control	O
over	O
their	O
computers	O
by	O
collaboratively	O
developing	O
and	O
providing	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Stallman	O
's	O
idea	O
of	O
software	B-Application
freedom	I-Application
(	O
although	O
the	O
written	O
definition	O
had	O
not	O
existed	O
until	O
February	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
possessed	O
its	O
name	O
and	O
full	O
written	O
form	O
in	O
1985	O
but	O
was	O
updated	O
in	O
minor	O
ways	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
opens	O
with	O
an	O
explanation	O
of	O
what	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
,	O
and	O
what	O
is	O
the	O
current	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
progress	O
in	O
creation	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
GNU	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
driving	O
points	O
behind	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Stallman	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
rapid	O
(	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
trend	O
toward	O
Unix	O
and	O
its	O
various	O
components	O
becoming	O
proprietary	B-Application
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
closed-source	B-Application
and	O
non-libre	O
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
manifesto	O
lays	O
a	O
philosophical	O
basis	O
for	O
launching	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
importance	O
of	O
bringing	O
it	O
to	O
fruition	O
—	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
divide	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
able	O
to	O
help	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stallman	O
refuses	O
to	O
write	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
as	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
solidarity	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
provides	O
many	O
reasons	O
for	O
why	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
software	B-Application
freedom	I-Application
is	O
beneficial	O
to	O
users	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
agrees	O
that	O
its	O
wide	O
adoption	O
will	O
make	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
programmers	O
less	O
profitable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
is	O
focused	O
on	O
rebutting	O
possible	O
objections	O
to	O
GNU	B-Application
Project	I-Application
's	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
include	O
the	O
programmer	O
's	O
need	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
living	O
,	O
the	O
issue	O
of	O
advertising	O
and	O
distributing	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
perceived	O
need	O
of	O
a	O
profit	O
incentive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
history	O
,	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Manifesto	I-Application
has	O
inspired	O
various	O
other	O
UNIX-related	O
manifestos	O
.	O
</s>
