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GNU
GNU (*GNU is Not Unix", a recursive acronym) is a project started by Richard Stallman, the inventor of free as in freedom software, running since 1983 with the goal of creating a completely free (as in freedom) operating system, along with other free software that computer users might need. The project achieved its goal of creating an operating system when a kernel named Linux became part of it in the 90s as the last piece of the puzzle -- the system is now known as GNU/Linux. However, the GNU project didn't end and continues to further develop the operating system as well as a myriad of other software projects it hosts. GNU gave rise to the Free Software Foundation and is one of the most important software projects in history of computing.