Linux.com writes about Linus’ view on Open Source. Linus is darn straight on the point when he says open source operates in the same manner as scientific query, a fact I have emphasized in my post on the true nature of open source.
Asked point-blank which is more important, sharing code or empowering users — the declared goal of the free software champions whom Torvalds is routinely depicted as being in opposition with — and his first response in what he calls “the usual Linus polite words” is “That’s a really stupid question. Why do you put it as an ‘either or’ kind of concept?” He then goes on to explain that, because open source operates in the same manner as scientific query, and is a matter of enlightened self-interest, sharing code and empowering users “are not at odds at all” — a view that, in the end, places him closer to the free software position than either free software or open source followers might care to admit.
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