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Interesting thought, I'm of that era, I began programming after graduate school in 1983, and remember the beginning of GNU well, as well as the fork that is called "open source".

I find it interesting to hear arguments that open source has more or less shown that "free software" is no longer so relevant. I agree that the FSF has been somewhat marginalized but I don't think that bodes well for the future of programming.

Ebon Moglen also writes and speaks well on many of the political and economics aspects of software as it relates to property and law. Many American indian tribes, .eg., treated land and resources as common but treated things like a teepee painting and even a brave's name as property. It's complicated :)