Community Quote by Laura Poitras

I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known that people…

— Richard Stallman

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

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

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 to put…

— Richard Stallman

While I personally believe strongly in the philosophy and ideology of the Free Software movement, you can't win people over just on philosophy; you…

— Matt Mullenweg

I'm also a fan with sticking with the most standard software that millions of other users also use, because you get the benefit of…

— Steve Wozniak

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

— Richard Stallman

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

I'm just happy to be able to provide some support to the communities that have supported me.

— Larry Nance, Jr

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things…

— Bill Gates

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

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