It's easier to mandate hardware manufacturers to run only approved and properly signed code. Oh wait, we're almost there yet.

Is it a law of history that those who seemed crazy ended up being right? I remember reading a couple writings by Stallman and it sounded quite outlandish and exaggerate then. Not anymore.

See, e.g. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

Oddly enough, the French government has contributed quite substantially to free software.

Better yet: you'll need a license to compile code.