Perfect example of why "open source" vs "software freedom" is a real issue. GPL isn't "open source" — it isn't about source, that's an implementation detail. It

Perfect example of why "open source" vs "software freedom" is a real issue. GPL isn't "open source" — it isn't about source, that's an implementation detail. It's about freedom. The OSI's definition of "open source" is effectively synonymous, but you are misunderstanding the importance by using the term "open source". As an end user, software freedom means I can install something on any machine I want, run it as I want, share it with others… none of that requires source. If I want to tweak the software, that may require the source. The freedom is the freedom to change the software — whether or not the change is substantial enough to need full source to do so. Having software freedom is definitely useful to me as an end user.