An abundance of reasons for why rms was right when he penned:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
Last month, I joined the FSF. I find that great parts of my livelihood are thanks in part to his efforts in computing, law, and rights.
For others, ethical progress--that is, technological progress that does not impede on human rights--is of higher value than technological progress alone.
>[I]s Raytheon's freedom to use a compiler as important as individual freedom?
"As important" is a distraction: comparing degrees of importance with respect to rights and freedoms will always be a rabbit hole into which you will get lost as you differentiate infinitesimal cases in context. Freedom is freedom, and if humans are allowed that, that is enough.