"Technology has let the genie out of the bottle. Crypto anarchy is liberating individuals from coercion by their physical neighborsβwho cannot know who they are on the Netβand from governments."
β Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994)
#cryptoanarchy #freedom #government
"Proprietary software is an injustice. It denies users freedom and keeps them divided and helpless."
β Richard Stallman (Free Software, Free Society, 2002)
#proprietarysoftware #freedom
"Digital pseudonyms, the creation of persistent network personas that cannot be forged by others and yet which are unlinkable to the 'true names' of their owners, are finding major uses in ensuring free speech, in allowing controversial opinions to be aired, and in providing for economic transactions that cannot be blocked by local governments."
β Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994)
#freespeech #anonymity #economics
"The keyboard is the great equalizer β better than the Glock .45."
β St. Jude (Jude Milhon) (Modem Grrrl (Wired), 1995)
#technology #empowerment #equality #defense
"Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer.'"
β Richard Stallman (GNU Project, 1985)
#freesoftware #liberty #opensource
