Going back even further, we used to just call it &quot;software&quot;. The idea that software could be copyrighted didn&#x27;t even happen until the 1970s, and it took a while for the idea to really take hold.<p>This is why rms is the way he is. He&#x27;s old. He remembers the days when all software was free. He&#x27;s been trying to get that back ever since.