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> [I figure that since proprietary software developers use copyright to stop us from sharing, we cooperators can use copyright to give other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-figure-that-since-proprietary-software-developers-use-copyright-to/)

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> [In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-practice-the-copyright-system-does-a-bad-job-of-supporting-authors/)

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> [The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-of-copyright-did-not-exist-in-ancient-times-when-authors/)

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## Other authors on Copyright

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-lessig-59097.jpg) Lawrence Lessig 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/lawrence-lessig/)
- [Kalyan C. Kankanala 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/kalyan-c-kankanala/)

## More by Richard Stallman

> [All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/all-governments-should-be-pressured-to-correct-their-abuses-of-human/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-consider-that-the-golden-rule-requires-that-if-i-like-a-program-i/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/think-free-speech-not-free-beer/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad… DON'T buy a parrot figuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-you-can-find-a-host-for-me-that-has-a-friendly-parrot-i-will-be/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/sharing-is-good-and-with-digital-technology-sharing-is-easy/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-the-us-you-even-lose-legal-rights-if-you-store-your-data-in-a/)

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> [EMACS could not have been reached by a process of careful design, because such processes arrive only at goals which are visible at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/emacs-could-not-have-been-reached-by-a-process-of-careful-design/)

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> [A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness—not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/a-hacker-is-someone-who-enjoys-playful-cleverness-not-necessarily/)

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> [When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/when-i-launched-the-development-of-the-gnu-system-i-explicitly-said/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/writing-non-free-software-is-not-an-ethically-legitimate-activity-so/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-essence-chrome-os-is-the-gnu-linux-operating-system-however-it-is/)

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> [If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-in-my-lifetime-the-problem-of-non-free-software-is-solved-i-could/)

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> [Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/now-that-corporations-dominate-society-and-write-the-laws-each/)

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> [The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing. And proprietary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-of-free-software-is-that-users-of-computing-deserve-freedom/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/)

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