Linus Torvalds on "single-issue people"

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:16:34 +0100, Homer wrote:


>> Linus originally released Linux under the GPL because he never
>> planned for it to be anything more than an interesting curiosity
>
> He shares much in common with Jörg Schilling: Brilliant, arrogant, and
> utterly contemptuous of moral principles ... like all good pragmatists.
>
> I'd bet my house on the fact that if Linux were still a one-man project,
> then Linus would have relicensed it years ago (much like Schilling did
> with cdrecord). For both of them, I suspect it was always much more
> about the convenience than this pesky thing called Freedom ("I think
> Tivoization is *good*" ~ Torvalds).

And exactly what have *YOU* done for Linux, [Homer] ?
Be specific now.

And ranting and raving like a lunatic all day long on the forums
doesn't count unless your purpose is to make other Linux users
look like idiots.

It's always the Linux "do nothings" that whine the most about
icons in the industry.