> This is a common misconception about Free software. It's not about freedom of its users or authors, it's freedom of the actual code to be available for others.
That‘s wrong. Free software is all about freedom for users. Stallman wrote whole essays explaining that.
Of course, back in his time, pretty much every user was also a programmer. But he is still very clear about that point, never writing about programmers when he means users.
It‘s also why people still fight their silly argument whether BSD or GPL is "freer". The BSD camp optimizes for developer freedom, the GPL for user freedom. Both camps think everybody sees the world their way (philosophically), so the other camp must be wrong and stupid.
That‘s wrong. Free software is all about freedom for users. Stallman wrote whole essays explaining that.
Of course, back in his time, pretty much every user was also a programmer. But he is still very clear about that point, never writing about programmers when he means users.
It‘s also why people still fight their silly argument whether BSD or GPL is "freer". The BSD camp optimizes for developer freedom, the GPL for user freedom. Both camps think everybody sees the world their way (philosophically), so the other camp must be wrong and stupid.