Text for discussion: Some Remarks concerning "Software Freedom Day"

The Economics of Freedom:

"Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech," not as in "free beer."

But surely "price" is an important aspect of "Freedom" too. Simply because those who cannot afford the price do not have the "Freedom" to use the product. A "free" society must therefore surely be an egalitarian society -on all levels, including economic, intellectual and social. Economic and social equality are perhaps somewhat Utopian but perhaps still practical possibilities -but how possible is intellectual equality? Intellectual "Freedom" (free of our own human restrictions) may well prove to be logically impossible -and perhaps even (in some cases) undesirable and antisocial. However, on a fundamental level -how can one have "Social Freedom" without "Social Equality"?