I can fully understand Linus. He has an idea about what Linux should be. Why would he let his vision of the perfect system go a route to an imperfect one he's not passionate about? That would just be like a boring day job. He hands out the source code every day and allow people to create derived versions. If you have visions for the kernel, different than those of Linus, then you are free to do something about it, with very little effort compared to what Linus has done. Stop talking bad about a guy who has done nothing else than to create something he was passionate about and still is.
"Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime". I do not know about the United States, but it is not a crime to copy music in Denmark. When you are copying someone elses copyrighted works you are breaking copyright rules, and the copyrightholder can take the case to a civil court. You will not be arrested by the police. Teens are clever.
The music industry is making teens addicted to music though advertising. Maby it is not good music, maby teens can not afford it, but they got to have it. When you claim to own culture and insist on advertising it, you are inviting to copyright infringement. Apocalypse is near.
Music, movies and litterature is NOT a product. It is culture, and as a society we are dependent on it. Stealing from a drugdealer is not so bad, is it?
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I can fully understand Linus. He has an idea about what Linux should be. Why would he let his vision of the perfect system go a route to an imperfect one he's not passionate about? That would just be like a boring day job. He hands out the source code every day and allow people to create derived versions. If you have visions for the kernel, different than those of Linus, then you are free to do something about it, with very little effort compared to what Linus has done. Stop talking bad about a guy who has done nothing else than to create something he was passionate about and still is.
"Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime". I do not know about the United States, but it is not a crime to copy music in Denmark. When you are copying someone elses copyrighted works you are breaking copyright rules, and the copyrightholder can take the case to a civil court. You will not be arrested by the police. Teens are clever.
The music industry is making teens addicted to music though advertising. Maby it is not good music, maby teens can not afford it, but they got to have it. When you claim to own culture and insist on advertising it, you are inviting to copyright infringement. Apocalypse is near.
Music, movies and litterature is NOT a product. It is culture, and as a society we are dependent on it. Stealing from a drugdealer is not so bad, is it?