“We need to teach people to refuse to install non-free plug-ins; we need to teach people to care more about their long-term interest of freedom than their immediate desire to view a particular site.”

—  Richard Stallman

"Interview with Richard Stallman: Four Essential Freedoms" Roy Schestowitz, in IT Management (19 December 2007) http://tech-insider.org/free-software/research/2007/1219.html
2000s

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