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

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

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.

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

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.