Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or mistreat its users.

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.

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

The Adobe flash plug-in is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists.

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

Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.