> You think Linus Torvalds wanted donations when he published Linux? If you look at the mailing list with the announcement, it was "look ma, no hands" kind of

> You think Linus Torvalds wanted donations when he published Linux? If you look at the mailing list with the announcement, it was "look ma, no hands" kind of moment. Just letting people know of his experimental project, with entirely no expectations if it growing as much as it did decades later. That's not to say Linux is a good example to go by, for an average free software project.