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Falls under the heading of ask me if I give a flying fuck. Sorry, I just can't identify with Stallman's rather awkward and impractical form of puritanism.
In this case the binaries with the nonfree software seem be completely unnecessary, so why not keep it free?
https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/coreboot@coreboot.org/thread/6JI7KTJ3QVK6Q5BLNWREX2IBVZP7GCLP/
The political downvoting in this thread is a turn off for me. However, I completely agree with your statement / question.
Personally I've upvoted the replies as they keep a relevant and interesting discussion going.
@LeFantome @anamethatisnt If people disagree with me and think authors shouldn't be able to specify how their work is used, I'm okay with that. We can agree to disagree.