How can one say Linux is $-free . . . ?

[Michael T. Richter]

On Fri, 2006-27-10 at 09:18 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> > > "Linux is only free if your time is worthless."
> > >                 Linus Torvalds 



> > Do you have a source for the attribution of this quote? Because I
> > don't think it is correct, and a quick googling and search on
> > wikiquote.org indicates that the original author is anonymous and
> > Linus never said it.



> No, I don't and now find that, contrary to my own beliefs, the quote is
> derogatory to Linux.
> </removes quote>


I saw this quote first in the context of the UNIX-HATERS mailing list.

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