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

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


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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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By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers in Colombia. See the site killercoke.org.



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