"In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't."

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When Richard Stallman speaks about technology, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of technology in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman, also known by his initials rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software. Software which ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in October 1985, developed the GNU C Compiler and GNU Emacs, and wrote all versions of the GNU General Public License.

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

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"When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system instead but you have freedom, then it's a success. It's not popularity for our code but it's success for our goal."

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

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"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."

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