Stallman ha recipite numerose premios e recognoscimentos pro su travalio, inter illos un membrato in le MacArthur Foundation in 1990, le Grace Hopper Award del Association for Computing Machinery in 1991 pro su travalio in le editor Emacs original, un doctorato honorari del Royal Institute of Technology de Svedia in 1996, le Pioneer award del Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1998, le Yuki Rubinski memorial award in 1999, e le Takeda award in 2001.