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@thatbrickster@shitposter.world I'm not sure what you mean. The FSF and free software movement ideals are based on the culture around computer science from the 1950s when almost all software being developed was free software. When software was not seen as a commodity (unlike the hardware) but instead mostly treated as an academic work of research under the principles of cooperation.

Back then it was normal even commercial companies, such as IBM, to include the source code of their programs with the hardware purchase, so the user can properly use the machine for their own purpose.

The freedoms and ideals as defined by the FSF are a direct continuation of this. This is not a 10 year old standard, but a almost 70 year old one.