Because there are some people who care about the social and philosophical implications of their work or hobby. If you don't need that, that's fine. Go with "Ope

Because there are some people who care about the social and philosophical implications of their work or hobby. If you don't need that, that's fine. Go with "Open Source", or "Copyleft" or whatever suits you. The only reason why we insist that it is important is because there are others who continue to push that it is not. I never really understood that particular color of "activism", but to each his own, I guess.