Several reasons:
1. Significantly simplifies runtime.
2. This code proved to be buggy.
3. Free is incompatible with bump-the-pointer allocation.
4. We want to write runtime in Go, Go does not have free.
5. Too much code to free env strings on startup.

LGTM=khr
R=golang-codereviews, josharian, tracey.brendan, khr
CC=bradfitz, golang-codereviews, r, rlh, rsc
https://golang.org/cl/116390043