Richard Stallman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive.”

“Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.”

“Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.”

“The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.”

“The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.”

“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.”

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

“Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.”

“I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place.”

“In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications.”