FWIW, Stallman wrote long time a piece saying that it might be simpler and braver to make dozens of copies of expensive commercial software and giving them away

FWIW, Stallman wrote long time a piece saying that it might be simpler and braver to make dozens of copies of expensive commercial software and giving them away on a street corner. He didn't do that and instead tried to create alternatives. But it was some kind of "what is wronger" question.