Author: Jimmy Wales

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A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

- Jimmy Wales

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

- Jimmy Wales

Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.

Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.

- Jimmy Wales

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.

- Jimmy Wales

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

- Jimmy Wales

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

- Jimmy Wales

Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

- Jimmy Wales

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.

- Jimmy Wales

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