The thing for me I've always found in irony with RMS: he essentially suggests that if software isn't "free", you've picked a side (OSS, proprietary, etc.)

But by the very nature of dictating what qualifies as "free", that too is also a side for people to pick. I think the benevolent dictator thought process applies here.

I just find the my-way-or-the-highway philosophy, even with the best of intentions, eventually draws metaphoric parallels to babies and bath-water.