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Richard Stallman

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About Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman, also known by his initials rms, is an American free software activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software. Software which ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in October 1985, developed the GNU C Compiler and GNU Emacs, and wrote all versions of the GNU Gener…

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Topics: Freedom Computers Legal Politics Technology

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

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

In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you but if they ar…

When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system inst…

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 datab…

If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

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

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

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