There are tremendous actual differences in values. Some value systems, such as the ones that motivate "honor killings", deserve to be morally condemn… - Richard Stallman

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.

If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it.

The official definition of "open source software," as published by the Open Source Initiative, is very close to our definition of free software; however, it is a little looser in some respects, and they have accepted a few licenses that we consider unacceptably restrictive of the users.