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

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing proprietary software.

Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users dont have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.

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