Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around 1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am too busy to do much programming. Around 2008 I stopped doing programming projects.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

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

I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, making each user agree not to share with others. I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way.

Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.