Because it's so easily modified and distributed, free software has become the most common software in the world. Consumers might not care about licenses, but an

Because it's so easily modified and distributed, free software has become the most common software in the world. Consumers might not care about licenses, but anyone who develops software has gained an enormous amount from free software. Without the FSF and others like them, we would likely be far behind in software development because exposure to source code might be a special privilege.