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:Q&A: Torvalds on Linux, Microsoft, Software's Future
Q&A: Torvalds on Linux, Microsoft, Software's Future
Aug 10, 2007, 14 :15 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (8529 reads)

(Other stories by Peter Moon)

"COMPUTERWORLD: What did you want from the public release of Linux? Was it money?

"Torvalds: It certainly wasn't money, since the original copyright was very strict about that. It wasn't the GPLv2, it was my own 'no money at all, and you have to give sources back' license..."

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Who will replace him at the helm ?  ...   My god he is almost 40   
BSD_forever
Aug 10, 2007, 15:18:27
 
> Who will replace him at the helm?.Nobo ...   Re: My god he is almost 40   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 10, 2007, 16:24:56
 
I doubt anyone will be running Linux (or ...   20 years from now...   
Jeff Cobb
Aug 10, 2007, 19:38:15
 
My god I'm almost 60. So take me out ...   Re: My god he is almost 40   
jp
Aug 11, 2007, 02:39:23
 
Yep.  You  are quite correct ... he is a ...   Re: My god he is almost 40   
blackhole
Aug 11, 2007, 08:23:56
 
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