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It's not a misquote and it's not disingenuous. That was their attitude at the time.


Sounds like they were referring to GPL (and similar), not OSS in general.


It is a misquote. See above. He was talking about Linux not open source, and specifically about the licence that Linux has chosen to use.

It would be entirely reasonable to find it an objectionable comment nonetheless, but please find objectionable what he actually said, not some alternative version.


OSS was built on the GPL. Clutching at straws, that is.




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