I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

A commune is where people join together to share their lack of wealth.

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

Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.

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

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!

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.