When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing.… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit,… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,'… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Paying isn’t wrong, and being paid isn’t wrong. Trampling other people’s freedom and community is wrong, so the free software movement aims… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Talking about freedom, about ethical issues, about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I don’t have a problem with someone using their talents to become successful, I just don’t think the highest calling is success.… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
We need to teach people to refuse to install non-free plug-ins; we need to teach people to care more about their long-term… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
EMACS could not have been reached by a process of careful design, because such processes arrive only at goals which are visible at the… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
