I trace free licenses to the GNU General Public License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Publi

I trace free licenses to the GNU General Public License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License, which is why I believe that in time Richard Stallman's influence will become greater than those of contemporaries like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.