That's true, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. Even if you do take the software and redistribute it, it's still entirely free software when taken from the original source. The original version still has the four essential freedoms.
I know it wasn't the point you were trying to make. I was just trying to make a somewhat interesting comment that it's not a different version if nothing has changed, and it's not free software if it's distributed in a non-free manner. (I realize with the phase “Another issue” this might not seem to be the case but this was just my underlying preferences forcing their way out) So it's not really the software version that's free from this perspective but your distribution of the software version. It's not a necessary characteristic of the object because in another permissible situation it does not have the characteristic. I don't actually care about this issue, I just thought it was an interesting thought. Even if I did care I wouldn't care here because patent trolls and closed source forks of your project are unlikely to be of any significance just because revenue can't be generated from your project.