:Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 Authors 'Hypocrites' As Open Source Debate Turns Nasty
Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 Authors 'Hypocrites' As Open Source Debate Turns Nasty Jul 10, 2007, 18 :45 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (11165 reads)
"Linux creator Linus Torvalds said the authors of a new software license expected to be used by thousands of open source programmers are a bunch of hypocrites and likened them to religious fanatics--the latest sign of a growing schism in the open source community between business-minded developers like Torvalds and free software purists.
"In an online post, Torvalds slammed executives at the Free Software Foundation, likening their mind-set to that of 'religious fanatics and totalitarian states...'"
