Bruce Perens

“Open Source is a development methodology, not a political movement.”

“The Open Source Definition is the constitution of Open Source.”

“It's easy to have a patent on a piece of software. It's hard to have a good patent.”

“Debian is the rock from which Ubuntu was carved.”

“The problem with software patents is that they are patents on abstract ideas.”

“Don't be a boilerplate programmer. Instead, build tools for users and other programmers. Take historical note of textile and steel industries: do you want to build machines and tools, or do you want to operate those machines?”

“Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price. You should be free to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.”

“My goal is to make the world a better place. If I can't do that, then I'll settle for making it a more interesting place.”

“We are not communists, we are capitalists. We are expecting to benefit from our open-source work.”

“We have to stop evangelizing and start teaching. Evangelism is for people who have a religion. We have a body of engineering practice.”

“The first thing that the business people have to do is to change their perspective on Open Source. Open Source is not a business model.”

“The social contract is the part that keeps us from suing each other.”