Free Software Quotes by Richard Stallman

8 Free Software quotes by Richard Stallman

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Stallman’s voice on open code is unmistakable, and this short collection lets you feel the pulse of his convictions. Each line is a compact reminder of why the freedom to share, modify, and improve software matters.

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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…

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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.…

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

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I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known…

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

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Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that…

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

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It's clear that other problems such as [...] the domination of business over government, science, thought, and society, are much bigger than…

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

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I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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