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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RE[4]: do we really care?
by KenJackson on Tue 25th Sep 2007 14:19
in reply to "RE[3]: do we really care?"
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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.
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2005-11-16
That may be my problem - I don't have a valid point to make.
Something does make me feel uneasy about the Linux development model, but I've been unable to figure out exactly what the source of this uneasy feeling is.
I know that Linux is mostly developed by professional developers, and I know that the cash comes from *somewhere*. I also know that the examples I gave are completely flawed.
Perhaps my uneasy feeling comes from too many people thinking that Linux is made by unpaid developers working in their spare time out of pure generousity. Perhaps it comes from too many people thinking that companies spend money on Linux for motives that don't involve profit. 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). The truth is I don't know, but that uneasy feeling is still there.