Free.
That word does not appear at all in TFA.
In the IBM/RH blog post it references[1] the word appears once, disparagingly, in the gratis sense.
I appreciate the beer / speech distinction can get tiring to explain repeatedly, but it feels like the move to distance themselves from the deeper implications & obligations of free is, shall we say, very carefully calculated.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-sour...