If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough — you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal. In other words… - Richard Stallman

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If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough — you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal. In other words, you need to be pragmatic.

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About Richard Stallman

Richard Matthew Stallman (born 16 March 1953), often known as rms or RMS, is the founder of the Free Software movement, the GNU project, the Free Software Foundation, and the League for Programming Freedom. He also invented the concept of copyleft to protect the ideals of this movement, and enshrined this concept in the widely-used GPL (General Public License) for software.

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Birth Name: Richard Matthew Stallman
Alternative Names: Richard M. Stallman R. Stallman rms St. IGNUcius Chief GNUisance RMS
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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.

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