@theorytoe There is no ecosystem - an ecosystem is something that has naturally occurred that you simply observe - you do not question whether it is right for the owl to eat the mouse - you just observe that is occurs.

Meanwhile, the free GNU system was developed via hard work no matter what it took and no matter what proprietary software "people" tried to add to the system.

The FSF did not invent free software - it existed from the start of computing - although rms did come up with the free software definition when a definition became required, when it because extremely common for software to be proprietary; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms

It was and is the FSF and rms that assisted the GNU project when it comes to legal matter and the project direction.