„El deber de un ciudadano es no creer en ninguna profecía del futuro, sino actuar para realizar el mejor futuro posible.“
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21 de noviembre de 2007, entrevista con el periodista Andrés Lomeña, Ecuador.
Frases de Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman
Fecha de nacimiento: 16. Marzo 1953
Richard Matthew Stallman , con frecuencia abreviado como «rms», es un programador estadounidense y fundador del movimiento por el software libre en el mundo.
Entre sus logros destacados como programador se incluye la realización del editor de texto GNU Emacs, el compilador GCC, y el depurador GDB, bajo la rúbrica del Proyecto GNU. Sin embargo, es principalmente conocido por el establecimiento de un marco de referencia moral, político y legal para el movimiento del software libre, como una alternativa al desarrollo y distribución del software no libre o privativo. Es también inventor del concepto de copyleft , un método para licenciar software de tal forma que su uso y modificación permanezcan siempre libres y queden en la comunidad de usuarios y desarrolladores.
Frases Richard Stallman
„¿Por qué quiere Microsoft regalar copias casi gratuitas [del sistema operativo Windows] a escuelas y niños?, es como regalar drogas adictivas, ya que la primera dosis es gratis pero, después de volverte dependiente, tienes que pagar.“
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Declaración hecha durante su encuentro con los periodistas antes de comenzar su participación en la jornada «El movimiento del software libre y el sistema operativo GNU/Linux», organizado por Caja Mediterráneo (CAM) en el espacio CAMon de Alicante.
„GNU es un solo sistema operativo y Linux es solo uno de sus núcleos.“
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Dicho luego de la conferencia de software libre a finales de 2007 en la UNAM.
„Si ves a alguien ahogarse y sabes nadar, tienes el deber moral de salvarlo, a no ser que sea Bush o Aznar.“
En una conferencia en la Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingeniería de Gijón.
Fuente: El Comercio http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/pg060304/prensa/noticias/Sociedad/200603/04/GIJ-SOC-140.html
„Si valoramos nuestra libertad, podemos mantenerla y defenderla.“
Sobre las diferencias entre software libre y software de código abierto.
Fuente: Por qué el código abierto pierde el punto de vista del Software Libre http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.es.html
„Cuando me preguntan cuándo estará listo un programa, contesto: depende de cuánto trabajes en ello.“
Fuente: ENTREVISTA AL PADRE DE GNU. Stallman: "La única manera de ser libre es rechazar los programas propietarios" https://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2004/04/27/entrevistas/1083074999.html
„Dar el Premio Linus Torvalds a la Free Software Foundation es casi como dar el Premio Han Solo Award a la Alianza Rebelde.“
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1999, tras recibir el Premio Linus Torvalds en LinuxWorld.
„GNU is not in the public domain. Everyone will be permitted to modify and redistribute GNU, but no distributor will be allowed to restrict its further redistribution.“
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
Contexto: GNU is not in the public domain. Everyone will be permitted to modify and redistribute GNU, but no distributor will be allowed to restrict its further redistribution. That is to say, proprietary modifications will not be allowed. I want to make sure that all versions of GNU remain free.
„Well, Geoff forwarded me a copy of the DEC message, and I eat my words. I sure would have minded it!“
Reaction to the first spam, after receiving a copy of it (9 May 1978) as quoted in "Reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978"
1970s
Contexto: Well, Geoff forwarded me a copy of the DEC message, and I eat my words. I sure would have minded it! Nobody should be allowed to send a message with a header that long, no matter what it is about.
„Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history.“
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/linŭ-gnu-freedom.html "Linŭ, GNU, and freedom" in LinŭWorld (May 2002) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/linŭ-gnu-freedom.html
2000s
Contexto: Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.
„People deserve better than that.“
"Sayings" at Richard Stallman's personal site (c. 2001) http://www.stallman.org/sayings.html
2000s
Contexto: People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.
„We are not against the Open Source movement, but we don't want to be lumped in with them. We acknowledge that they have contributed to our community, but we created this community, and we want people to know this.“
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
Contexto: We are not against the Open Source movement, but we don't want to be lumped in with them. We acknowledge that they have contributed to our community, but we created this community, and we want people to know this. We want people to associate our achievements with our values and our philosophy, not with theirs. We want to be heard, not obscured behind a group with different views. To prevent people from thinking we are part of them, we take pains to avoid using the word "open" to describe free software, or its contrary, "closed", in talking about non-free software.
„I've always lived cheaply. I live like a student, basically. And I like that, because it means that money is not telling me what to do. I can do what I think is important for me to do. It freed me to do what seemed worth doing.“
2000s, Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation (2001)
Contexto: !-- I was getting 8 to 10 orders [for tapes of Emacs] a month. And, if necessary, I could have lived on just that, because --> I've always lived cheaply. I live like a student, basically. And I like that, because it means that money is not telling me what to do. I can do what I think is important for me to do. It freed me to do what seemed worth doing. So make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life. You won't be able to do what's really important to you.<!-- line 422
„Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals.“
1990s, Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism (1998)
Contexto: Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit, love, survival, fun, and freedom, are just some of the goals that a good person might have. When the goal is to help others as well as oneself, we call that idealism.
My work on free software is motivated by an idealistic goal: spreading freedom and cooperation. I want to encourage free software to spread, replacing proprietary software that forbids cooperation, and thus make our society better.
