Comment by basilgohar

I think we, as humans (not executives, a different creature altogether if you ask me) make a distinction between a hobbyist hacker, someone doing something for their own curiosity or someone who frees something for others to use freely as well (e.g., F/LOSS licenses, Creative Commons, etc.), vs. someone who uses the "Hacker Ethos" and then promptly builds their own moat where they solely can profit and excludes others from the freedoms they themselves enjoyed.