Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of. It helps more people, too.

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

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

GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for the complete Unix-compatible software system which I am writing so that I can give it away free to everyone who can use it.

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

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