“Linux is only free if your time has no value.”

— Jamie Zawinski

In an interview http://www.jwz.org/doc/linux.html in June 1998; he later claimed that "Bits and pieces of this article have been quoted out of context in lots of places"

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American programmer 1968

Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) American university teacher (1879-1962)

As quoted in Quote Unquote (A Handbook of Quotations) (2005) by M. P. Singh, p. 86

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

M. Scott Peck (1936–2005) American psychiatrist

Source: The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth

“By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually exclusive. So if we value freedom, there's only one conclusion. It's time to get rid of this leftover relic we call Government.”

Max Barry book Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 53, page 202

“I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done.”

Timothee Besset French software programmer

Quoted in Michael Larabel, "Good News, id Tech 5 Is Likely Coming To Linux" http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUzNg Phoronix (2009-09-14).