I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known… — 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
Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to change the way people approach knowledge and information in general. I think that to try to own knowledge, to… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking, but I think what these activities have in… — 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
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
