If you took out the person behind it all and just presented this at face value I do often wonder how differently these views would be perceived.
I love RMS, his steadfast dogged persistence in the face of overwhelming adversity that is stronger every year is actually quite inspiring.
Really hope the next generation standing on the shoulders of giants can properly articulate these issues far better though. For regular everyday people it's hard to impart and make anyone understand why software freedom is so incredibly important in functioning modern societies.
Maybe I'm an over-optimist but I think we'll get there one day.