I suppose the easiest way to demonstrate the misrepresentation is to ask an IT person about the FSF. If you can't remember your own surprise on first reading actual GNU and FSF material, you will probably be surprised by the average IT person's skewed perceptions. They are likely to tell you some confused things about "Open Source", "freeware", "hobbiest", etc. The general public is even less well informed. The last thing you might hear is a clear understanding of the power non free software has over users and what it takes to undo that.
This problem of misrepresentation is not unique to free software. Rich and powerful people devote significant resources to confusing the public about all sorts of things. On Friday 22 May 2015, [email protected] wrote: > will hill" easy to observe pattern of publishers missrepresenting GNU > and the FSF by all means at their disposal"
