I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something. — 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
By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction.… — 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
Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do?… — 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
