Computer Quote by David F. Emery

Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all…

— Richard Stallman

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

— 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…

— 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…

— Richard Stallman

There are "extremists" in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do "free software" any more.…

— Linus Torvalds

Governments are scared of software.

— Jon Evans

Like many older fans of Free Software and Open Source, I have discovered that it is really only free in the sense that the…

— Erik Naggum

It's clear that other problems such as [...] the domination of business over government, science, thought, and society, are much bigger than non-free software.

— Richard Stallman

Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as…

— Richard Stallman

“When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price.”

— Richard M. Stallman

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for…

— Linus Torvalds

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

— Isaac Asimov