“Operating systems and other “large blocks” of software will one
day be free as a matter of course, Linux technical lead Linus
Torvalds predicted today…”
“In an open-source project, software developers contribute code
and fixes, often voluntarily. Typically, the resulting product is
available to anyone for free, licensed use. Usually, a technical
lead–in this case Torvalds–is responsible for managing the
contributions…”
“Some people think that open source automatically means the
result is better,” Torvalds said. “That’s not true. It means you
have the potential to take advantage of a much more scalable way of
doing development. It does not mean that you will, or that it will
lead you in the right direction.“