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There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

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Richard Stallman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
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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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Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.
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The GNU GPL was not designed to be open source.
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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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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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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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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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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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No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.
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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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