If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it.

We need to teach people to refuse to install non-free plug-ins; we need to teach people to care more about their long-term interest of freedom than their immediate desire to view a particular site.

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.

To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Snow is so beautiful, it doesn't have to be useful.

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.