@BowsacNoodle @Suiseiseki @TeaTootler The problem with free software is it only really works for things like shared infrastructure that makes the Internet work; that is, things that a high percentage of programmers will actually end up using, which can have benefits for non-programmer users. With firmware for industrial equipment practically none of its users would be able to hack it even if the source was available, and without those programmers actively improving it there wouldn’t even be any side benefits to other users, so for them the four freedoms are effectively meaningless. Eric Raymond has actually advised certain companies against going open source for this reason, there’s just no upside for them as a business.