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
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
You know, if you were *really* going to starve, you'd be justified in writing proprietary software. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Our mailing lists (and their repeater newsgroups) are only for the purpose of promoting proprietary software. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Divided because each user is forbidden to redistribute it to others, and helpless because the… — 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 you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for the complete Unix-compatible software system which I am writing so that… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing… — 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
