[rafekett]

The idea of a minimal technical hurdle is important in free software. If we adapt everything from our free world to look just like the Windows world, Windows users will never notice that there's something else better. It's important that free software give itself some competitive advantage over nonfree software, especially for its users.

[chc]

This is a much better-reasoned response. Like I said, excluding people is not inherently unreasonable. You almost always have to exclude someone, and you're free to define that "someone" in whatever way suits you best. But it isn't something to make blustering declarations about, as though you're taking some great moral stance — it's a practical choice that everyone has to make.