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Richard Stallman, born on March 16, 1953, is a renowned activist. He is one of the founders of the free software movement, the founder of the GNU project, and the founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Stallman is dedicated to promoting the ideas of free software, advocating for users' freedom to use, study, modify, and distribute software.

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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!”

People Want Should Writing Real Language Lessons Program Mere Programming Principal Extensions Maintaining Programming Languages

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“Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.”

Ifs Should May Helping School Spirit Class Teach Students Habit Should Have Helping Others Software Goodwill

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

Should Reason Use Loses Application Computing

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“People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.”

People World Should Said Accepting Bullshit

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“All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.”

Should Humans Government Rights Abuse Human Rights Pressured

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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'.”

Thinking Should Matter Liberty Speech Concepts Beer Software Free Speech

Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

“The Adobe flash plug-in is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists.”

People Should Software Flash Plugs

Author:Richard Stallman

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Born: March 16, 1953
Known for: Activist
Quotes: 95

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