> Elementry's Dev team doesn't pay for Ubuntu, they don't pay for the Kernel or GNU Tools,
Neither Canonical, the kernel developers nor FSF demands you pay them money for Ubuntu, Linux or GNU Tools. Nor do they oppose making money from software. Even their own software.
> and yet they made the argument that the end user is 'cheating the system' when they download a prebuilt iso of a collection of free software for free.
If they want to be paid money for free ( as in freedom ) software they have the right to demand it. I see no moral problem with this. They may be delusional, but not immoral.
Neither Canonical, the kernel developers nor FSF demands you pay them money for Ubuntu, Linux or GNU Tools. Nor do they oppose making money from software. Even their own software.
> and yet they made the argument that the end user is 'cheating the system' when they download a prebuilt iso of a collection of free software for free.
If they want to be paid money for free ( as in freedom ) software they have the right to demand it. I see no moral problem with this. They may be delusional, but not immoral.