I don't agree with RMS on everything, but it irks me to no end that Torvalds has criticized the free software movement as "Driven by hate" while everyone admires how unconventional and flame-happy Torvalds is. It's not as if his flames are more noble or more entertaining than RMS's, it's a pure double standard and pure bias.
Free software advocates often hate Microsoft, for their endless corruption. So does the co-founder of OSI. Torvalds hates corruption of other organizations-- what's the difference?
not to necessarily excuse torvalds, but one big difference is that his rants are a lot less ideological than stallman's. to a first approximation, linus rants against people he feels are being stupid, whereas rms rants against people he feels are being evil.
Free software advocates often hate Microsoft, for their endless corruption. So does the co-founder of OSI. Torvalds hates corruption of other organizations-- what's the difference?