@sally @Cyrillic @meso
I'm not a devotee of capitalism, but according to what I've learned from my president, Javier Milei, monopoly is not inherently bad — only when the State intervenes. Almost all existing monopolies or oligopolies today result from such intervention, which undermines competition.

In free software, however, competition is genuine (only possible in a laissez-faire system). A clear example is the various GNU distributions, where the State or any central authority does not interfere.

I fully agree with your point about cooperation. Richard Stallman has said that free software combines capitalist, socialist, and anarchist elements, and I completely agree. But claiming that it is inherently communist in nature is a total misunderstanding. I’m also not saying it follows an anarcho-capitalist philosophy. Stallman has been deeply critical of both systems in relation to free software.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html