> the ideals of free software is for software to be free (according to the four fundamental freedoms)...
No, it is to ensure that people are free - as software doesn't know the difference. Would you deny the existence of business strategies that endeavor to curtail such freedom, or do you view those as okeydokey 'cause SaaS wasn't explicitly mentioned by the FSF in the 80s?
> which really sucks for anyone who actually subscribes to the ideals originally espoused by free software proponents.
the ideals of free software is for software to be free (according to the four fundamental freedoms) and not to work on all and every hardware and to maintain software indefinitely. anything besides the four foundamental freedoms is BS.