the problem is if you go in extreme purism we all should request authorization to the guy that invent electricity because we are all using computers 
That is a really nasty and no end war. But in my own opinion the side of completely free distribution now are making a too overhyped flame war because are loosing their common usual unwrite agreements and are confronted with someone that did diferently.
I remember here in Portugal when some restaurants fee/bill when you request a glass of water. 99,99999% of restaurants gift that for free as courtesy, but some (and with their rights) bill that, but for common people think thats the end of the world billing that…