More free in the sense that you, the person making a derivative work or distributing the licensed software, have more freedom in what you can do. It’s not more free to your users unless you decide to license it to them under a similar license.
The original authors not receiving your changes doesn’t seem to me to affect their freedom, even if it kinda sucks.
The original authors not receiving your changes doesn’t seem to me to affect their freedom, even if it kinda sucks.