Richard Stallman Quotes about Giving

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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.

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

Richard Stallman

Giving, Fundamentals, Way

I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?

Richard Stallman

Sex, Giving, Trying

"Extreme Pornography Law in the UK". Personal Website, stallman.org. February 19, 2010.

GNU, which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for the complete Unix-compatible software system which I am writing so that I can give it away free to everyone who can use it.

Richard Stallman

Writing, Names, Giving

Richard Stallman (2002). “Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman”, p.27, Lulu.com

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

Richard Stallman

Learning, Awards, Giving

I figure that since proprietary software developers use copyright to stop us from sharing, we cooperators can use copyright to give other cooperators an advantage of their own: they can use our code.

Richard Stallman

Giving, Use, Advantage

Richard Stallman (2002). “Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman”, p.75, Lulu.com