I'm not arguing against free software. I love free software.
I'm not arguing against the various business models that surround free software, such as vendor support contracts.
I'm arguing that GNU seems uncomfortable with what seems to me to be a self-evident truth: As soon as I grant you the freedom to use my software in whatever way you like, including for distribution, that software is effectively free-in-price moving forward.
And that's not a bad thing! What I DO think is bad is going to great lengths to avoid accepting that truth, or to avoid talking about it.
Free software is free in every sense of the word, no matter what GNU wants to believe.
I'm not arguing against the various business models that surround free software, such as vendor support contracts.
I'm arguing that GNU seems uncomfortable with what seems to me to be a self-evident truth: As soon as I grant you the freedom to use my software in whatever way you like, including for distribution, that software is effectively free-in-price moving forward.
And that's not a bad thing! What I DO think is bad is going to great lengths to avoid accepting that truth, or to avoid talking about it.
Free software is free in every sense of the word, no matter what GNU wants to believe.