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“Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.”

Quote by Richard Stallman

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Richard Stallman

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. more

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“If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.”

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

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

“The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.”

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“Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.”

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“In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.”

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

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