Top 46 Quotes by Richard Stallman

About Richard Stallman

These are some quotes by No-nationality author Richard Stallman Scientist, who was born on March 16, 1953.

The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.

The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.

Richard Stallman

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.

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

In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest is to be better known, so sharing their work benefits them as well as readers.

Richard Stallman

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

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

Richard Stallman

If there is a Like button in a page, Facebook knows who visited that page. And it can get IP address of the computer visiting the page even if the person is not a Facebook user.

If there is a Like button in a page, Facebook knows who visited that page. And it can get IP address of the computer visiting the page even if the person is not a Facebook user.

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.

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

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

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

Richard Stallman

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

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

One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control.

One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control.

Richard Stallman

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