Users who want support for the Free Software Foundation's programs must buy it from Cygnus, which is a for profit company. There are always things to sell. It is this concept, coupled with the power of cyberspace, that will change things the most. Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those Who Own One Electronic media make copying and disseminating information easy. But not all creators wish to keep their information from being disseminated.
Publishers publish to make money.
This means publishers create jobs for editors, printers, and publicists. It also means that wha publishers believe will not sell widely will not be given the chance to be sold at all. Authors may write to make money. But they may also write because they have something to say, regardless of whether or not it jibes with popular tastes, opinion or beliefs. No publisher signed off on whether or not they would sell.