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

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

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

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.

Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

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

It's clear that other problems such as [...] the domination of business over government, science, thought, and society, are much bigger than non-free software.