You say: "The world doesn't work like that..." People who have FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE WORLD are in a position to critique the ways that the world works. A f

You say: "The world doesn't work like that..." People who have FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE WORLD are in a position to critique the ways that the world works. A few decades ago, everyone agreed that "Open Source" (giving away code) just wasn't how the world worked. And RMS changed that. (Not alone, but he was a vital seed for that change.) So he's got every right to speak up on the subject.