John Gilmore

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.

Quotes

 * The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
 * As quoted in TIME magazine (6 December 1993)
 * Unsourced variant:
 * The Net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it.


 * How many of you have broken no laws this month?
 * As quoted in a speech to the First Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in 1991


 * If you're watching everybody, you're watching nobody.
 * As quoted in Subject: [IP John Gilmore on government trustworthiness and spy gear]


 * When the X500 revolution comes, your name will be lined against the wall and shot.
 * As quoted in Peter Gutmann's X509 style guide