Richard Stallman

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. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#church #free #hacking #happy #me

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

— Richard Stallman

#governments #human #human rights #pressured #rights

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#control #difficult #ideas #lives #make

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#deserve #innovative #programmers #programs #punished

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. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#achieve #choose #enough #goal #idealism

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

— Richard Stallman

#ethical #go #long #long way #major

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#facebook #friend #surveillance #your

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#danger #eliminate #fighting #malaria #more

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

— Richard Stallman

#free #free software #freedom #our community #respects

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#being #friendly #good #neighbour #prevents