Richard Stallman wrote:
Since I consider non-free software to be unethical and antisocial, I
think it would be wrong for me to recommend it to others.  Therefore,
if a collection of software contains (or suggests installation of)
some non-free program, I do not recommend it.  The systems I recommend
are therefore those that do not contain (or suggest installation of)
non-free software.

Is the list at:
http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions
the list of operating systems that meet your criteria? It appears that gNewSense includes LAME in binary format, and BLAG "recommends" it at https://wiki.blagblagblag.org/Lame in much the same way OpenBSD does. In fact, BLAG suggests other unfree programs, such as unrar (https://wiki.blagblagblag.org/Unrar), even noting that the software is non-free.

Since I have time to rant but don't have time and resources to download and install two new operating systems, feel free to correct me if my impressions are wrong.

I therefore exercise my freedom of speech by not including
OpenBSD in the list of systems that I recommend to the public.

I don't think anyone is particularly upset that OpenBSD isn't among the software you recommend, but to claim that OpenBSD includes "non-free" software in its ports collection (using your definition of "free") while claiming that gNewSense meets your criteria is disingenuous at best.

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