The GPL clearly does provide restrictions on the use of software released under it.

'people like myself who believe that freedom is an utmost concern'

which freedoms matter to you, and for whom? without context your statement is pretty much content free.

IME almost everyone believes that freedom is an utmost concern, even Brutalog, the Despotic Dictator Of Zoogtzargle believed that he was fighting the good fight for freedom.

The interesting differences seem to lie in the context under which they define the term.