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title: "11 Program Quotes By Richard Stallman"
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> [If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-programmers-deserve-to-be-rewarded-for-creating-innovative/)

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

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> [Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users dont have the source code,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/proprietary-software-tends-to-have-malicious-features-the-point-is/)

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

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-you-use-a-proprietary-program-or-somebody-else-s-web-server-you-re/)

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

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> [It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/it-doesn-t-take-special-talents-to-reproduce-even-plants-can-do-it-on/)

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

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> [Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/copying-all-or-parts-of-a-program-is-as-natural-to-a-programmer-as/)

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

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> [Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Divided because each user is forbidden to redistribute it to others, and helpless because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/proprietary-software-keeps-users-divided-and-helpless-divided-because/)

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

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> [I have met bright students in computer science who have never seen the source code of a large program. They may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-have-met-bright-students-in-computer-science-who-have-never-seen/)

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

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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…](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/)

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> [The principal lesson of Emacs is that a language for extensions should not be a mere "extension language". It should be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-principal-lesson-of-emacs-is-that-a-language-for-extensions/)

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

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> [One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control. It's just as bad as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/one-reason-you-should-not-use-web-applications-to-do-your-computing/)

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

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> [If the users don't control the program, the program controls the users. With proprietary software, there is always some entity, the "owner"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-the-users-don-t-control-the-program-the-program-controls-the-users/)

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

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## Other authors on Program

## 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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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