Richard Stallman Quotes & Sayings

“With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom.”

“Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU. Indeed, just about the only component in common between Android and GNU/Linux is Linux, the kernel.”

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

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

“The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion.”

“If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.”

“The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way.”

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

“Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.”

“Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users don't have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.”