Free Software predates Open Source, so that's not an ideal conflating. I get where you are coming from though. The choice of the word "Free" in "Free Software"

Free Software predates Open Source, so that's not an ideal conflating. I get where you are coming from though. The choice of the word "Free" in "Free Software" isn't ideal because the word "Free" has multiple meanings. Most people (especially non-tech users) assume it means "no cost" rather than "unencumbered". So yes, it would have been simpler either a different name. Hindsight is perfect. That said Free Software is different to Open Source (although lots of tech folk conflate the two.) That aside, it doesn't stop people adding their own (incorrect) requirements or expectations, as seen elsewhere in this thread.