The big players are not threatened by the FSF. The FSF is background noise to paying customers. There's nothing to gain or lose by bashing or not bashing. Some

The big players are not threatened by the FSF. The FSF is background noise to paying customers. There's nothing to gain or lose by bashing or not bashing. Sometimes you have to take at face value that Red Hat is made of people, who can have principles and act according to them. Disclosure: I work for VMware, ostensibly a mortal enemy, and they are so far on the correct side of history here that I'd be proud to wear the crimson fedora today.