“Happy Birthday to GNU”

Thank you to Stephen Fry for his participation in this film.

Image credits

‘IBM PC’ by Marcin Wichary — CC-BY

‘Computer Museum’ by Michael Coté — CC-BY

‘New bathroom project’ by Morten Skogly — CC-BY

‘GNU’ by Jochen Stärk — CC-BY

Music — Song for Emma by furny (Lee/Cousens) http://furny.co.uk

Thank GNUs

For their contributions to GNU over the last 25 years, we thank…

• Adam Fedor
• Adrienne Thompson
• Akim Demaille
• Al Davis
• Aleksandar Samardzic
• Ales Cepek
• Alessandro Rubini
• Alex Muntada
• Alexandre Oliva
• Allin Cottrell
• Anand Babu
• Andias T. Wira Alam
• Andrew Makhorin
• Antonio Cisternino
• Antonio Diaz
• Anuradha Ratnaweera
• Arnold Robbins
• Aubrey Jaffer
• Aurelio A. Heckert
• Aymeric Moizard
• Baishampayan Ghose
• Behroze Nejaati
• Ben Elliston
• Ben Pfaff
• Benjamin Mako Hill
• Bernhard Rosenkränzer
• Bob Glickstein
• Bradley M. Kuhn
• Brendon Gleeson
• Brett Smith
• Brian J. Fox
• Carlo Wood
• Cesar J. Alaniz
• Chad C. Walstrom
• Charles Henry Schoonover
• Chet Ramey
• Chris Allegretta
• Chris M. Simon
• Christian Grothoff
• Christian Mauduit
• Christiano Anderson
• Christopher Gutteridge
• Claude Simon
• Claudio Fontana
• Corey Goldberg
• Craig Schock
• D E Evans
• DJ Delorie
• Dale Mellor
• Daniel Bump
• Daniel Valentine
• Danny Clark
• David C. Niemi
• David MacKenzie
• David R. Hill
• David Sugar
• Debarshi Ray
• Deborah Nicholson
• Dennis Clarke
• Denver Gingerich
• Dmitri Alenitchev
• Eben Moglen
• Edward Alfert
• Emmanuel Medernach
• Eric Blake
• Etienne Suvasa
• Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo
• Filippo Rusconi
• Francesco Potortì
• Franco Iacomella
• Frank de Lange
• Franklin R. Jones
• Gaz Collins
• Geoffrey Knauth
• Georg Bahlon
• Georg C. F. Greve
• Gerald Pfeifer
• Gerald Sussman
• Gordon Matzigkeit
• Gregory Casamento
• Guillaume Morin
• Hal Abelson
• Han-Wen Nienhuys
• Henning Köster
• Henri Poole
• Henrik Abelsson
• Henrik Sandklef
• Hicham Yamout
• Hilaire L. S. Fernandes
• Hossam Hossny
• Hugo Gayosso
• IIDA Yosiaki
• Ian Lance Taylor
• Ian Murdock
• Igor Támara Patiño
• J. Abelardo Gutierrez
• James Craig Burley
• Jan Nieuwenhuizen
• Jason Kitcat
• Jason M. Felice
• Jean-loup Gailly
• Jeanne Rasata
• Jeff Binder
• Jeffrey B. Siegal
• Jia Wang
• Jim Blandy
• Jim Lowe
• Jim Meyering
• Joakim Olsson
• Joel N. Weber II
• Johan Vromans
• John Bokma
• John Catherino
• John Paul Wallington
• John Sullivan
• John W. Eaton
• Jonas Jacobson
• Jonas Kölker
• Jonas Öberg
• Jonathan Tuttle
• Jorge Barrera Grandon
• Joris van der Hoeven
• Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz
• Jose E. Marchesi
• Jose M. Moya
• Joseph W. Reiss
• Joshua Gay
• Joshua Ginsberg
• Juan Bidini
• Justin Baugh
• Justin Pence
• Karl Berry
• Karl Heuer
• Kathryn Ann Hargreaves
• Kelly Hopkins
• Klaus Treichel
• Kresten Krab Thorup
• Krishna Padmasola
• Kyle Winkler
• L. Peter Deutsch
• Lalo Martins
• Lars Brinkhoff
• Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
• Laurence Finston
• Lawrence Lessig
• Leonard Manzara
• Les Kopari
• Lezz Giles
• Lisa M. Opus Goldstein
• Loic Dachary
• Lorenzo Bettini
• Lorenzo Hernández Garcia-Hierro
• Luca Saiu
• Luis F. Araujo
• Luis M. Arteaga
• Marc Tardif
• Marcos Serrou do Amaral
• Mark Adler
• Mark H. Weaver
• Mark Par
• Markus Gerwinski
• Markus Steinborn
• Masayuki Hatta
• Mats Lidell
• Matt Lee
• Matthew Hiller
• Maurizio Boriani
• Melissa Weisshaus
• Michael Haardt
• Michael J. Flickinger
• Michael Opdenacker
• Michael Presley
• Miguel Vazquez Gocobachi
• Mikael Djurfeldt
• Mike Vanier
• Miquel Puigpelat
• Moises Martinez
• Musawir Ali
• Neelakanth Nadgir
• Nicolas Rougier
• Nikos Mavroyanopoulos
• Noah Friedman
• Ofer Waldman
• Pablo Palazon
• Paolo Bonzini
• Paul D. Smith
• Paul Eggert
• Paul Goins
• Paul Visscher
• Peter Brown
• Peter Gerwinski
• Peter Miller
• Phil Maker
• Phil Nelson
• Phillip Rulon
• Prashant Srinivasan
• Prof. Masayuki Ida
• Raif S. Naffah
• Rajesh Vaidheeswarran
• Ralf S. Engelschall
• Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
• Ramprasad B
• Ray P. Soucy
• Raúl Silva.
• Reed Loden
• Remco Bras
• Reuben Thomas
• Rick Crelia
• Rob Myers
• Rob Savoye
• Robert J. Chassell
• Robert Maier
• Roland McGrath
• Roland Stigge
• Sam Marx
• Sam Steingold
• Sarah Katzenell Rabkin
• Sebastian Wieseler
• Sergey Poznyakoff
• Shawn Ewald
• Shigio Yamaguchi
• Stein Krogdahl
• Stephen F. Booth
• Steve Hoeg
• Steve Kemp
• Steve Oualline
• Steven M. Rubin
• Susan Bassein
• Sverre Hvammen Johansen
• Sylvain Beucler
• Terje Mjøs
• Thomas Bushnell
• Thorsten Sauter
• Tim Retout
• Tom Cato Amundsen
• Vivek Varghese Cherian
• W. G. Krebs
• Ward Vandewege
• Werner Koch
• William M. Perry
• Wojciech Polak
• Yavor Doganov
• Yngve Svendsen
• Zak Greant

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…and of course, Richard Stallman, and the millions of GNU users and contributors.

rsync Army

• Asheesh Laroia
• Tim Dobson
• Steve Pomeroy
• Matt Mullenweg
• Jason Hoffman
• Matthew Bloch
• Paul Robinson

Ogg Theora enablers

• Gregory Maxwell
• Rob Myers

Translation superstars

• Jeanne Rasata
• rob.dk
• Ali Servet Dönmez
• Güimi
• Leon “Letifer” Taussig
• Jose Luis Rodilla
• Pablo Machón
• Tim Morley
• Alfonso E. Romero
• Jesus del Rio
• Alejandro Ruiz
• Amir Masoud Pourmoosa
• André Nunes Batista
• Abinoam P. Marques Jr.
• Marcos Manoni
• Franco Iacomella
• Ignasi Labastida
• Leonardo G. De Luca
• Maria Zaitseva
• Björn Schießle
• seven
• Sumit Sinha
• Ruben
• Stefan Gustavson
• Alex Kapranoff
• Yousef Shajrawi
• Osama Khaled

Production credits

“Happy Birthday To GNU…”

Written by Matt Lee

Executive Producer — Matt Lee

Producer — Andrew Sampson

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation Inc

Production by The Sampsonian Company

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 License.