Re-linking to this blog post from a couple of years back for, oh, no specific reason...
Free Software and Failed Ideals
https://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2019/09/free-software-and-failed-ideals/
Hmm, it's one of the posts I've already imported to my gemlog too...
gemini://hyperborea.org/log/2019-09-19-free-software-failed-ideals.gmi