The author of this article, Stefano Maffulli, claims to be the leader of the Italian chapter of the FSF during the mid 2000's. Besides the personal attacks on R

The author of this article, Stefano Maffulli, claims to be the leader of the Italian chapter of the FSF during the mid 2000's. Besides the personal attacks on Richard Stallman, it's clear that his perspectives on software freedom diverged from Stallman's and the FSF's around that time (after the release of GPLv3). Maffulli definitely does not help his point by attacking Stallman's and the FSF's position. Maffulli does have a point in that the scope of software freedom has greatly expanded and has come under even greater attack than before (through the rise of mobile and the cloud), and there needs to be organizational efforts made to resist it. I don't see how either of their perspectives are mutually exclusive. One point Maffulli should have emphasized more and elaborated upon is how FOSS actually ended up being the "most perfect shackles that society has ever had." The only thing to say anything about that is a video that the phrase is linked to. If he had attacked Stallman and the FSF less and focused more on the crux of his arguments, then he would have a much more meaningful and impactful article.