Torvalds' comments were dismissive of real concerns, about consent, labor, and what happens when we treat scraped work as free for the taking. I am so disappointed. But here's what he doesn't get: this movement is bigger than his ego.
Linux belongs to all of us. The kernel is under GPLv2. The ecosystem is built by thousands of maintainers, contributors, and users who actually give a damn about software freedom. When he says "fork it" like it's nothing, he's forgetting that we're already the fork. Every distro, every patch set, every modified kernel is proof that this project outgrew him decades ago.
I'm keeping my Linux setup. I'm doing it not despite the ethics, but because of them. Abandoning Linux hands the field to people who don't care about freedom at all. Staying means staying engaged, staying critical, and building the alternatives we want to see, on our timeline, with our constraints.
The free software movement was never about one person. It's about collective ownership. About refusing to let corporate capture win. About knowing that we have the right to
... show moreTorvalds' comments were dismissive of real concerns, about consent, labor, and what happens when we treat scraped work as free for the taking. I am so disappointed. But here's what he doesn't get: this movement is bigger than his ego.
Linux belongs to all of us. The kernel is under GPLv2. The ecosystem is built by thousands of maintainers, contributors, and users who actually give a damn about software freedom. When he says "fork it" like it's nothing, he's forgetting that we're already the fork. Every distro, every patch set, every modified kernel is proof that this project outgrew him decades ago.
I'm keeping my Linux setup. I'm doing it not despite the ethics, but because of them. Abandoning Linux hands the field to people who don't care about freedom at all. Staying means staying engaged, staying critical, and building the alternatives we want to see, on our timeline, with our constraints.
The free software movement was never about one person. It's about collective ownership. About refusing to let corporate capture win. About knowing that we have the right to modify, redistribute, and improve what we use.
So yeah. I'm staying. Not because I have to. Because this is ours. I will continue to be a pain in the ass of every pro-AI tech-bro I see. And I'm not letting anyone, not even Linus, convince me otherwise.
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