That's fair enough, there are lots of FOSS users who don't care about there being more users. They care about their individual freedoms - it's a perfectly ratio

That's fair enough, there are lots of FOSS users who don't care about there being more users. They care about their individual freedoms - it's a perfectly rational view. Perhaps I mis-spoke because I personally do care about there being more users of FOSS. Really, we're trying to discuss how the FSF approaches its aim to "preserve, protect and promote the freedom" ... Do you think that aim is enhanced by spending energy on what I consider to be academic hair-splitting, rather than addressing and explaining the philosophy to wider audiences such as users / academics / policy makers. Or am I misunderstanding how Free Software is promoted by denigrating open source?