Is the FSF Fighting the Previous War?
1) The FSF is on the winning side of the war they are fighting, the GPL is nearly everywhere except firmware and phones. Their job is to keep fighting that war. If you want to start a new war, start a new group with different goals.<p>2) There has never been a time when using free software &amp; hardware didn&#x27;t end up with a weird system. It isn&#x27;t like FOSS was a beacon of great engineering through the 2000s. We were lucky if half the hardware on a given computer worked even with non-free drivers.<p>3) The FSF needs to be a lighthouse on this issues. Compromising will mean the lighthouse is in the wrong spot.<p>The FOSS movement has the best system for letting people disagree of any organisation - it lets those who care, do. Let the FSF do its thing. If you want compromises, start a Compromised Free Software society or a Partially Free Software Foundation. Maybe even all it the Open Source Initiative, hint hint. Someone needs to be standing up for raw freedom, devil take convenience.