Linus is an idealist, not a pramatist. Making the best OS possible is an ideal. Shipping is an ideal. Unlike Stallman, Linus' ideals are superior because they'

Linus is an idealist, not a pramatist. Making the best OS possible is an ideal. Shipping is an ideal. Unlike Stallman, Linus' ideals are superior because they're good in theory and practice, whereas Stallman's ideas aren't even good in theory (unless you already subscribe to a very narrow belief system similar to his). Evidence (LKML Wed, 23 Apr 2003): "The GPL requires you to give out sources to the kernel, but it doesn't limit what you can _do_ with the kernel. On the whole, this is just another example of why rms calls me "just an engineer" and thinks I have no ideals. [ Personally, I see it as a virtue - trying to make the world a slightly better place _without_ trying to impose your moral values on other people. You do whatever the h*ll rings your bell, I'm just an engineer who wants to make the best OS possible. ]"