On 14-Oct-06, at 8:15 PM, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
If you judge _only_ the source, then yes, Linux (the kernel) is Free Software and Open Source Software too.
since motivations are not built into the source, i think i will settle for this admission of yours and go with it. As for your in depth analysis of what goes on in the minds of linus and richard, i am no mind reader - what say we leave that judgement to god when they face him in the after life.