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Somebody is saying this is inevitable – and whenever you hear somebody saying that, it's very likely to be a set of businesses campaigning to make it true.

Richard Stallman

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Richard Stallman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
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Richard M. Stallman
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