By "definitions" I was referring to common definitions you can find in a dictionary, not definitions you just unilaterally invent.

Please, Hacker News is not the place for tired old flamewars. Go back to late 90s /. if you want to argue about whether GPL or BSD is more free.

"By "definitions" I was referring to common definitions you can find in a dictionary, not definitions you just unilaterally invent."

I'm not arguing the definition of "free". I'm arguing that GNU means that definition. It does not.

Since the 90s, the GNU has actually gotten more restrictive. The BSD license, on the other hand, has not.

Also, calling me a "troll" will not make me change my mind or silence me.

I never called you a troll. You, on the other hand, did call me a troll.

Calling my opinion "flamebait" implied it. We all know what that means.

Your response also has nothing really to do with our topic at-hand.

It doesn't have anything to do with the topic at hand because the topic at hand is decades-old flamebait that you've undoubtedly seen play out on mailing lists, Slashdot, etc. There's nothing to gain from talking about the GPL/BSD freedom debate that can't be had from a Google search. Literally the only reason I can imagine you bringing this up is to instigate a flamewar.