As long as the FSF controls Emacs, GCC, and coreutils they&#x27;re definitely doing a little more than shouting.<p>I mean they&#x27;re ‘GNU’ in GNU&#x2F;Linux, which is a bit more widespread¹ than any BSD&#x2F;Linux type thing.<p>¹Pretty sure Android&#x2F;Linux wins in sheer numbers, but GNU&#x2F;Linux has been historically more important and is deployed in more scenarios than smartphones. But if we consider ‘widespread’ to mean numbers, my statement is false.