Ok, it would be alive. But I'm not sure you can compare Linux and freebsd and not see a difference in "liveliness". I don't think Linux is technically superior

Ok, it would be alive. But I'm not sure you can compare Linux and freebsd and not see a difference in "liveliness". I don't think Linux is technically superior to freebsd, or at least wasn't for most of its life, yet Linux still gets orders of magnitude more usage/contributions/drivers etc. So it must be something else, and I think the license is a pretty good factor in this case.