I don't really believe it. In the 1980s, formalized free software was a
new concept for almost everybody. Today, there are too many free
software projects for the word _not_ to get out.
My experience is just the opposite: our views are mostly suppressed.
The open source movement is very effective at substituting their word
for ours. I find that most of the people who use our software have
never even heard of our philosophy.