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.

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

I figure that since proprietary software developers use copyright to stop us from sharing, we cooperators can use copyright to give other cooperators an advantage of their own: they can use our code.

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking, but I think what these activities have in common is playfulness, cleverness, and exploration. Thus, hacking means exploring the limits of what is possible, in a spirit of playful cleverness. Activities that display playful cleverness have "hack value".

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

People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.