RMS is on record as supporting BSD style licences for certain things because without them, proprietary software would have an even stronger stranglehold.
So it's not totally black and white, there's tactics and strategy involved. The less money going to Adobe, the less power and control they have. If they can force you to pay, they can force you to do other things. If they can't force you to pay, then they can't force other things as well.
https://lwn.net/2001/0301/a/rms-ov-license.php3
So it's not totally black and white, there's tactics and strategy involved. The less money going to Adobe, the less power and control they have. If they can force you to pay, they can force you to do other things. If they can't force you to pay, then they can't force other things as well.