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Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
Activist
Blogger
Computer Scientist
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Free Sofware Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Richard M. Stallman
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Richard Matthew Stallman
St. iGNUcius
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Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'.
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I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead.
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If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.
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The GNU GPL was not designed to be open source.
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The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.
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If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.
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The principal lesson of Emacs is that a language for extensions should not be a mere extension language. It should be a real programming language, designed for writing and maintaining substantial programs. Because people will want to do that!
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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.
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To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.
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People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin it is a penance. So happy hacking.
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So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life.
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Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.
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Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.
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Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.
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Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.
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The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.
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Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. Don't bother us with politics, respond those who don't want to learn.
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In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.
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Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.
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Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.
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