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John Gilmore Quotes

born 1955 United States

John Gilmore (born 1955) is an American computer science innovator, Libertarian, Internet activist, and one of the founders of Electronic Frontier Foundation. He created the alt.* hierarchy in Usenet and is a major contributor to the GNU project.

United States
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Also known as: Gilmore, John, John Gilmore (advocate)

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The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

If you're watching everybody, you're watching nobody.

When the X.500 revolution comes, your name will be lined against the wall and shot.

How many of you have broken no laws this month?

Why should self-interested companies be permitted to shift the balance of fundamental liberties, risking free expression, free markets, scientific progress, consumer rights, societal stability, and the end of physical and informational want? Because somebody might be able to steal a song? That seems a rather flimsy excuse.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Gilmore (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.