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I've read somewhere, that Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, if it's just a piece of software? Or is there more to it?

There is even a church of Emacs. Additionally, Emacs is also part of hacker folklore.

I've read somewhere, Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, it's just a piece of software? Or is more to it?

There is even a church of Emacs. Emacs is also part of hacker folklore.

I've read somewhere that Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be if it's just a piece of software? Or is there more to it?

There is even a church of Emacs. Additionally, Emacs is also part of hacker folklore.

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I've read somewhere, Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, it's just a piece of software? Or is more to it?

There is even a church of Emacs. Emacs is also part of hacker folklore.

I've read somewhere, Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, it's just a piece of software? Or is more to it?

I've read somewhere, Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, it's just a piece of software? Or is more to it?

There is even a church of Emacs. Emacs is also part of hacker folklore.

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What is the influence/significance of Emacs to the Free Software Movement?

I've read somewhere, Emacs was important for the development of the idea of Free Software. How can that be, it's just a piece of software? Or is more to it?