rms doesn't think "free software" has anything to do with a responsibility for collaboration or openness. Those are slogans of the open source movement. He sees

rms doesn't think "free software" has anything to do with a responsibility for collaboration or openness. Those are slogans of the open source movement. He sees software as an ethical exchange between two parties. rms doesn't have a problem with privacy, secrecy, or refusal to collaborate. As long as Bob has the freedom to do whatever he wants with the software the Alice gave him (except, perhaps, restrict the freedom of others), rms doesn't think that Alice has any further moral obligations.