This is how it appears to me also.
I suspect by 'free', GNU licenses aren't really referring to user-freedom more so source-code-freedom.
It all depends on the developer's objectives, no doubt.
I suspect by 'free', GNU licenses aren't really referring to user-freedom more so source-code-freedom.
It all depends on the developer's objectives, no doubt.
The additional freedom that BSD licences provide is freedom for developers to do what they like, not anything to do with users.
(The biggest practical advantage of a BSD licence for most developers is that if you use one when publishing your code while you work for a company, you yourself will still be able to reuse that code after you leave.)