You are going out of topic instead of recognizing that almost none of what you write about rms' views is correct.

I really wonder where you found a survey on who are free software enthusiasts and would be glad to have a reference. Anyway, even if what you write is true I do not grant much credit to people that defend their ideas with authoritative arguments like "you are 20 years old and do not anything about the real life". This is not an argument (and, FYI, I am not 20 years old, I have a full-time job, a wife, an apartment, etc.).

Then, you basically make the same argument as rms' interlocutor in the interview: that writing proprietary software is OK if you need to feed your kids. I completely agree with rms' response which basically is: "You can justify any unethical behavior (stealing for instance) with such an argument. If you disagree that stealing should be legalized then you should understand that this argument is void". No need to say that rms considers that writing proprietary software (hence controlling the users) is unethical.

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