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Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Divided because each user is forbidden to redistribute it to others, and helpless because the users can't change it since they don't have the source code. They can't study what it really does. So the proprietary program is a system of unjust power.

Richard Stallman

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Stallman
  • DescriptionAmerican software freedom activist and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
  • AliasesRichard M. Stallman; rms; Richard Matthew Stallman; Stallman, Richard Matthew; St. iGNUcius
  • BornMarch 16, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionProgrammer; Computer Scientist; Lecturer; Blogger; Software Developer
  • WorksGNU; GNU Emacs; Emacs; Free Software Song; GNU General Public License; GNU Compiler Collection; GNU Debugger
  • AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program; Grace Murray Hopper Award; EFF Pioneer Award