The idea is more that you have the liberty to change the software should you want to. Regardless of whether or not you have the time, inclination or skills nece

The idea is more that you have the liberty to change the software should you want to. Regardless of whether or not you have the time, inclination or skills necessary to change the software, not having the source code prevents you from being able to do that. That said, Richard Stallman does sound like an idiot when he writes things like "Some web pages install nontrivial or even large JavaScript programs temporarily into your browser without informing you. When these JavaScript programs are nonfree, they are as bad as any other nonfree software".