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by boomboomsubban 1907 days ago
In both examples, a higher authority may have also acted but if they had done the same with free software things either would have been caught immediately or a lawsuit would have been possible for breach of license if they tried to hide it.

>In both cases higher authorities hired by people to protect them, protected them. Not FSF,

The FSF did a better job of protecting them with their unwavering stance. Neither would ever have caused an issue if you followed their advice to never use non-free software.