Linustorvalds: I care about technology and the kernel-that's what's important to me.

"Some people think I'm a good person and I'm shocked when I find out," Linus Torvalds at the open source meeting in Oakland, New Zealand. I'm not a good person. I don't care about you either. I care about technology and the kernel-that's what's important to me. Torvalds then wrote two emails to further elaborate on his views on pluralism, courtesy and open source.

One good aspect of open source, Torvalds says, is that it shows the fact that different people are so different. People sometimes think that open source is only about programmers, and that's not true. Open source is associated with people who care about business, legal issues, and social concerns. For pluralism, torvalds that we talk too much about gender, sexual orientation and ethnic diversity, and in fact pluralism includes economic disparities, language and culture, "we are different in many ways." "Open source is a term and a sport, but it doesn't mean you have to be a believer." It's not a religion, it's not a relationship between us. The open source community has been able to work with businesses that care only about business "evil" and those engaged in proprietary software development, and the ideology of the open source movement has become increasingly diluted. You can choose Open source for ethical, fun, or more effective development techniques.

As for politeness, Torvalds says the idea of "you must be a good man" is very popular in the United States, but he does not believe polite discussion can inspire "brainstorming", he likes confrontational discussions, bad ideas have to be put out, and good ideas need to be fiercely defended.