> It sounds like an ideological take, but it's not: When an OS is not FOSS, they either succumb to the wrong incentives
AFAIK, the whole point of the free software movement and the key idea in all Stallman's essays is that free software brings actual, practical benefits to users, long-term. It's not a religion.
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.
AFAIK, the whole point of the free software movement and the key idea in all Stallman's essays is that free software brings actual, practical benefits to users, long-term. It's not a religion.