Prior art is as effective as US soldiers in Iraq: They control the ground they stand on, and nothing more. I used to say Vietnam, but, well, you know.

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

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

Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on non-free software ought to fail, and the sooner the better.

I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing proprietary software.

You know, if you were *really* going to starve, you'd be justified in writing proprietary software.

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