I wouldn't diss Richard Stallman. He's been writing code since before computers used monitors.
A great book if you're interested is "Hackers" by Steven Levy.
Yes but what he is saying is making programs free that people paid a lot of time and money to create. If programs were free would we have programs like Photoshop so we can paste John Kerrys head on a poodle body? Maybe so, but it wouldn`t be as good. If I spent tons of money and years in college to learn how to program, I`ll be damed if I work for free once I graduated. What he`s asking is insane. All getting rid of copyrights does is lose investors and drive away top talent. Money is not evil, making money is not evil, making money supports people so they can concentrate on new ideas, new inventions with more energy rather than spending all their time hunting for food.