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>IMO this is a side product of the "software must be free" mentality.

"Software must be free" usually means free and in speech not free as in beer.

RMS definition of free still leads to free as in beer because it requires that the user has the freedom to distribute the sides for free (as in beer).

But Facebook is not "free as in speech" but is "free as in beer". That's why it is a "Structural Threat."

Free as in beer

Thanks for the correction.

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