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Richard Stallman quotes: One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control.

One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control.

Richard Stallman quotes: People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.

People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.

Richard Stallman quotes: Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

Richard Stallman quotes: Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

Richard Stallman quotes: Our mailing lists (and their repeater newsgroups) are only for the purpose of promoting proprietary software.

Our mailing lists (and their repeater newsgroups) are only for the purpose of promoting proprietary software.

Richard Stallman quotes: Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

Richard Stallman quotes: Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

Richard Stallman quotes: I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

Richard Stallman quotes: While corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance in technology is an opening for them to further restrict its users.

While corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance in technology is an opening for them to further restrict its users.

Richard Stallman quotes: If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

Richard Stallman quotes: Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

Richard Stallman quotes: Snow is so beautiful, it doesn't have to be useful.

Snow is so beautiful, it doesn't have to be useful.

Richard Stallman quotes: Proprietary software is an injustice.

Proprietary software is an injustice.

Richard Stallman quotes: Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

Richard Stallman quotes: Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

Richard Stallman quotes: I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute.

I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute.

Richard Stallman quotes: Because I don't believe that it's really desirable to have security on a computer, I shouldn't be willing to help uphold the security regime.

Because I don't believe that it's really desirable to have security on a computer, I shouldn't be willing to help uphold the security regime.

Richard Stallman quotes: The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

Richard Stallman quotes: Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'.

Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'.

Richard Stallman quotes: Laws that oppress people have no moral authority

Laws that oppress people have no moral authority

Richard Stallman quotes: Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Richard Stallman quotes: Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

Richard Stallman quotes: Globalizing a bad thing makes it worse. But globalizing a good thing is usually good.

Globalizing a bad thing makes it worse. But globalizing a good thing is usually good.

Richard Stallman quotes: Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Richard Stallman quotes: Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

Richard Stallman quotes: Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.

Richard Stallman quotes: If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

Richard Stallman quotes: Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.

Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.

Richard Stallman quotes: The Adobe flash plug-in is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists.

The Adobe flash plug-in is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists.

Richard Stallman quotes: Officially, MPAA stands for Motion Picture Association of America, but I suggest that MPAA stands for Malicious Power Attacking All.

Officially, MPAA stands for Motion Picture Association of America, but I suggest that MPAA stands for Malicious Power Attacking All.

Richard Stallman quotes: Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.

Richard Stallman quotes: People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

Richard Stallman quotes: Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.

Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.

Richard Stallman quotes: Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.

Richard Stallman quotes: I'm always happy when I'm protesting.

I'm always happy when I'm protesting.

Richard Stallman quotes: I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing proprietary software.

I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing proprietary software.

Richard Stallman quotes: There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

Richard Stallman quotes: Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.

Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.

Richard Stallman quotes: A commune is where people join together to share their lack of wealth.

A commune is where people join together to share their lack of wealth.

Richard Stallman quotes: The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion.

The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion.

Richard Stallman quotes: The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.

The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.

Richard Stallman quotes: All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

Richard Stallman quotes: Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

Richard Stallman quotes: Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

Richard Stallman quotes: No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

Richard Stallman quotes: People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

Richard Stallman quotes: You know, if you were *really* going to starve, you'd be justified in writing proprietary software.

You know, if you were *really* going to starve, you'd be justified in writing proprietary software.

Richard Stallman quotes: You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Richard Stallman quotes: If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software.

If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software.

Richard Stallman quotes: Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas.

Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas.

Richard Stallman quotes: Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.

Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.

Richard Stallman quotes: The GNU GPL was not designed to be "open source".

The GNU GPL was not designed to be "open source".

Richard Stallman quotes: Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.

Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.

Richard Stallman quotes: Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.

Richard Stallman quotes: I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead.

I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead.

Richard Stallman quotes: In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.

In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.