Richard Stallman Quotes

I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute.

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.

Would a dating service for people on the net be "frowned upon" by DCA? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.

One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control.

You know, if you were *really* going to starve, you'd be justified in writing proprietary software.

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.

To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.

I figure that since proprietary software developers use copyright to stop us from sharing, we cooperators can use copyright to give other cooperators an advantage of their own: they can use our code.

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.

It's clear that other problems such as [...] the domination of business over government, science, thought, and society, are much bigger than non-free software.

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.

Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.