Aim Quote by 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 an end to it, at least in the area of software.”

Richard Stallman

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Aim Areas Community Ends Freedom Movement Paid People Programming Software

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