@eloquence I disagree.
I find that there is a targeted campaign by the most powerful, rich, and influential top corporations with a specific interest in muddying the waters between 'os' and 'free'
There exists evidence of purposeful mal-intent with a specific class interest. It's not some bogey.
Preserving the difference seems to me to be more semantic, not pedantic, because free is the underdog & not aligned with existing power structures who ALREADY set the rules, the free term ought to be defended.
the term 'openwashing' has been created to describe this process, and posts like this I consider to be helping impersonal corporate forces and not human beings as they search for autonomy.