Well there are two different points to software when it comes to Freedom.
1. Free Software
2. Open Source
Free software can be proprietary or open source. Perfect example as I've been
talking about all along, the ATI drivers are proprietary, but they are free,
they do not cost us money, therefor they do follow part of the ideas of the
FSF with regards to what is stated below in "Free Software":
“Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in
“free beer.”
For me the free software concept as in liberty not price is where I've been
coming from, using these drivers isn't costing me money.
