While I am not horribly familiar with specific statements that Linus might have made, I do think that you have a made a crucial error in judgement in the assumption that Linus is a rabid opensource fanatic (ala RMS). Because linux is GPL'd, most people seem to think that he thinks that everything should be opensourced. While I have some code that I give away (binaries, source, everything), it doesn't mean that I think that other people's code should be free, or that even other code I make should be free. This is the view that seems most logical to me, seeing as how Linus was also a college student when Linux started. By his working at Transmeta, it would seem that he believes like I have said, that you can give away source w/various licenses, or you can keep it private. This isn't some great moral debate about someone being a hypocrite, it's a lot of people trying to tell other people what someone elses beliefs are.
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While I am not horribly familiar with specific statements that Linus might have made, I do think that you have a made a crucial error in judgement in the assumption that Linus is a rabid opensource fanatic (ala RMS). Because linux is GPL'd, most people seem to think that he thinks that everything should be opensourced. While I have some code that I give away (binaries, source, everything), it doesn't mean that I think that other people's code should be free, or that even other code I make should be free. This is the view that seems most logical to me, seeing as how Linus was also a college student when Linux started. By his working at Transmeta, it would seem that he believes like I have said, that you can give away source w/various licenses, or you can keep it private. This isn't some great moral debate about someone being a hypocrite, it's a lot of people trying to tell other people what someone elses beliefs are.
you sir, are a dumbass. no lie.