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Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

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If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

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

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The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing. And proprietary software does not allow users to have control of their computing.

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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.

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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.

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The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

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There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive.

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Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Scientist

Born: March 16th, 1953

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