Ever wonder how the #FreeSoftware movement started? It began with a jammed printer 🖨️🚫

​In 1980, Richard Stallman couldn't improve the Xerox 9700's software because the code was closed. Frustrated that he couldn't make the printer alert users of a jam, he started the Free Software movement.

​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_9700#Legacy

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