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This was actually pretty thought-provoking, so thanks for that. It seems like your argument is founded on the idea that non-sentient entities are incapable of being politically charged. In a vacuum where no sentient entities exist to charge them politically, this is trivially true. However, we don't live in such a vacuum. As such, one must take into consideration that a subset[^1] of people do consider a subset[^1] of non-sentient entities to be inherently politically charged, and since one can't know who considers what to be politically charged, one must treat all non-sentient entities as (at least potentially) politically charged. Of course, one may choose to ignore that subset[^1] of people (which itself is a politically charged decision) but that doesn't change the fact that any given non-sentient entity could be considered politically charged.
Sorry, it seems you've repeated yourself rather than addressing the specific point I had asked for elaboration on. Would you mind trying again?
[^1]: Specifically a "non-strict subset" in the mathematical sense
I didn't repeat myself on the second point. Either one's politics endorse intellectual property rights, which include the rights of an individual or organization to permit/limit any or all of those specific facets I mentioned previously according to their preference or one does not believe intellectual property rights exist. That's the only meaningful way I can conceive of software licenses being a political concept, but I'm welcome to hear your take.