Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.

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

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.

The principal lesson of Emacs is that a language for extensions should not be a mere "extension language". It should be a real programming language, designed for writing and maintaining substantial programs. Because people will want to do that!

There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known that people would ask me questions about "open source" thinking that I work under that banner.

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.