All well said. I definitely

All well said. I definitely agree democrates that we should leave some credit for Linus for what he has contributed. He may have different views and different (albeit similar) goals, but they clashed with Free Software well enough to significantly help put it on the map.

We could say that this proves his theory that everyone should be let to pursue their own goals, no matter the differences, and that this will in the end result in something good. However, the differences between Linus's philosophy and FSFs don't seem as profound for his pursuit to end up hurting anyone's freedom as much as goals of certain others can - those who, unlike Linus, don't care so much about good code NOR ethics, but rather control and profits. That is where his philosophy breaks down.

So, as you mentioned dylunio it just must come down to that good old principle. "Whatever floats your boat as long as it doesn't sink mine". The second part matters just as much as the first.