Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Sep 2007 17:43 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
While the kernel 2.6.23 development cycle has not yet run its course, things are getting close enough to the end that it makes sense to start looking at the overall statistics for this release. As of this writing (shortly after 2.6.23-rc6 came out), just over 6,200 non-merge changesets had been added to the mainline kernel repository. These changesets came from 854 developers - a slightly smaller number than we saw for 2.6.22. Just over 350 of those developers contributed one single changeset. On a related note, LWN.net has a number of reports from the Linux Kernel Developer's Summit.
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2005-07-18
Perhaps it comes from too many people thinking Linux is "good" just because they don't need to pay for it (and no other reason).
You may be confusing the two common meanings of the English word free. It is very sad that a language with a huge overabundance of words, uses the same word for two extremely different meanings.
Free when applied to GNU/Linux and related software means the user has freedom to use, modify and share it. It does not necessarily mean it is free of charge.