Linus on Linux, 20 Years In

Radium_ writes "Along with the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Linux kernel, Linuxfr — a French-language Linux website — published an interview with Linus Torvalds. [Interview in English.] The creator of Linux answers questions about Linux kernel licensing, his contributions to the kernel development model and Linux in 2031."

Re:A really interesting quote from Linus

[migla]

Sane people in both camps have always been nice about the other camp.

Yes. The description "bunch of masturbating monkeys" was meant in the nicest possible way. :)

Re:A really interesting quote from Linus

[Gilmoure]

English is the result of Norman soldiers attempting to pick up Anglo-Saxon barmaids, and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.
— H. Beam Piper

Re:A really interesting quote from Linus

[Grishnakh]

Look, nobody uses Ubuntu because it has source code available. They use it because it's $free.

Yes, but many, many more people use FreeBSD and its siblings, partially because of the extra freedom of the BSD license, but mainly because so many contributors prefer the BSD license and its freedoms, and this has allowed the BSDs to progress and improve far, far more rapidly than Ubuntu or the other Linux distros. Because of this, Linux is on the verge of dying out completely.