I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with … - Richard Stallman

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Richard Stallman

I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, making each user agree not to share with others. I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way.

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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.

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You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

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Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

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If the users don't control the program, the program controls the users. With proprietary software, there is always some entity, the "owner" of the program, that controls the program and through it, exercises power over its users. A nonfree program is a yoke, an instrument of unjust power.

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I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

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