I think this is an effect of its success. Without the FSF we would maybe have software patents and far less open code that we have today. This is essential to s

I think this is an effect of its success. Without the FSF we would maybe have software patents and far less open code that we have today. This is essential to supply a developer pipeline. Some say Stallman is a bad face to stage a revolution, and that might be correct. But this isn't some anarchist uprising and that disregards the achievements many already seem to take for granted. Sure, GPL to a large degree does mirror the strictness of copyright law. I don't believe that it hinders anything to be honest.