No, Stallman has always insisted from its inception that free software is firstly a moral principle, a sort of human right like free speech in the traditional l

No, Stallman has always insisted from its inception that free software is firstly a moral principle, a sort of human right like free speech in the traditional liberal worldview, and only secondarily a pragmatic one.[0][1] I suspect if you asked most people involved with the FSF, they'd say something similar. This is probably the largest difference between the free software movement and the open source movement. [0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/the-moral-and-the-legal.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/the-moral-and-the-legal.html [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html