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@lain@lain.com @bonifartius@qoto.org @thatbrickster@shitposter.world Abolishing copyright does not fix all of the world's software freedom issues. If we abolished copyright proprietary software will not automatically become free software, because we would often still lack the source code to make any meaningful changes.
some of the FSF 'freedoms' are not freedoms at all but positive rights (i.e., obligations on third parties) that only get enforced via copyright law.This is not technically true either. You are confused with concepts like copyleft, which is enforced through a copyright license.

Copyleft is not part of the free software definition. It is just a way to ensure free software stays free, but it does is not a requirement for software to be considered free.

Outside of copyright there also exists free software. This is for example software released into the public domain (if the source code is available).