The tension between free software, ethics, and running a business continues to fascinate. If there were a way for an FSF-adjacent company to have a user-owned

The tension between free software, ethics, and running a business continues to fascinate. If there were a way for an FSF-adjacent company to have a user-owned business model that could both: a) maintain fidelity with FSF goals and ethics b) also do the hard-nosed business decisions that are needful. As a decades-long FSF member, I'd cheerfully support subscribing to a set of email/search services, assuming technical heft. The two mindsets seem hard to harmonize.