Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn. Richard Stallman botherfreedomhistory Change image and share on social
Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy. Richard Stallman digitaleasygood Change image and share on social
In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you; but if they are stored in a company's server, the police can get it without showing you anything. Richard Stallman companydatumlegal share on social
Facebook collects a lot of data from people and admits it. And it also collects data which isn't admitted. And Google does too. As for Microsoft, I don't know. But I do know that Windows has features that send data about the user. Richard Stallman admitcollectdatum share on social
One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control. Richard Stallman applicationcomputecontrol Change image and share on social
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 accomplishachievechoose Change image and share on social
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way. Richard Stallman assumecapitalismcompetition share on social
All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. Richard Stallman abusecorrectgovernment Change image and share on social
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part. Richard Stallman ancientauthorcopy share on social
Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom. Richard Stallman communityfreefreedom Change image and share on social