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Poem by Hillel
Richard Stallman on the first software-sharing community at MIT and the founding of the GNU project:
Later I heard these words, attributed to Hillel (1): If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? The decision to start the GNU project was based on a similar spirit.
To me, the poem signifies self-esteem, unselfishness, and a call for action.