Linus Torvalds: Linux succeed thanks to selfishness and trust
I don't agree with Linus here. He first goes on about how "open source"
is not about making the world a better place, but then states
that the GPL is all about fairness. Well, that's the point - we want a fair
world, where everyone's freedoms are respected. How is that not making
the world a better place?You could just as well start arguing that there is no such thing as altruism,
and that everyone always acts out of selfish reasons, even if helping someone
else. I must say I find this to be a quite misantropic attitude in general.