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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 Quotes

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

American Musician Capitalism

One basis for society is that of helping your neighbor -- but in the software world this is piracy. To prevent this, the U.S. is putting in place practices which are like those in the former Soviet Union -- computerized guards, propaganda in favor of licensing, rewards for informing on co-workers, and penalties which make distributing software as serious a crime as armed robbery. - Richard Stallman Quotes

One basis for society is that of helping your neighbor -- but in the software world this is piracy. To prevent this, the U.S. is putting in place practices which are like those in the former Soviet Union -- computerized guards, propaganda in favor of licensing, rewards for informing on co-workers, and penalties which make distributing software as serious a crime as armed robbery.

Richard Stallman

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free. - Richard Stallman Quotes

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.

Richard Stallman

If you focus your mind on the freedom and community that you can build by staying firm, you will find the strength to do it. - Richard Stallman Quotes

If you focus your mind on the freedom and community that you can build by staying firm, you will find the strength to do it.

Richard Stallman

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 Quotes

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

American Musician

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria. - Richard Stallman Quotes

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

Richard Stallman

American Musician Danger

The free world welcomes Sun's decision to use the Free Software Foundation's GPL. - Richard Stallman Quotes

The free world welcomes Sun's decision to use the Free Software Foundation's GPL.

Richard Stallman

[UCITA] applies to any sort of computer-readable information. Even if you use only free software, you are likely to read articles on your computer, and access databases. UCITA will allow the publishers to impose the most outrageous restrictions on you. They could change the license retroactively at any time, and force you to delete the material if you don't accept the change. They could even prohibit you from describing what you see as flaws in the material. - Richard Stallman Quotes

[UCITA] applies to any sort of computer-readable information. Even if you use only free software, you are likely to read articles on your computer, and access databases. UCITA will allow the publishers to impose the most outrageous restrictions on you. They could change the license retroactively at any time, and force you to delete the material if you don't accept the change. They could even prohibit you from describing what you see as flaws in the material.

Richard Stallman

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic. - Richard Stallman Quotes

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

Richard Stallman

American Musician Friendly

The world has sprung very nasty threats on us and our software. - Richard Stallman Quotes

The world has sprung very nasty threats on us and our software.

Richard Stallman

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