Laws that oppress people have no moral authority.

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.

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.

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

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.

To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.