Doe Quote by Linus Torvalds

Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer, I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business.

— Jim Allchin

One of the reasons I like open source is that it allows people to work on the parts they are good at, and I…

— Linus Torvalds

But the most reliable indication of the future of Open Source is its past: in just a few years, we have gone from nothing…

— Bruce Perens

Success for open source is when the term 'open source' becomes a non-factor in the decision making process, when people hear about Linux and…

— Brian Behlendorf

I've always felt that sort of in the abstract, open-source is the right thing to do for a lot of the kinds of things…

— James Gosling

I'm not of the opinion that all software will be open source software. There is certain software that fits a niche that is only…

— Brian Behlendorf

Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

— Richard Stallman

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.

— Kenneth P. Thompson

“The ascendance of open source is not altruistic; it’s simply good business for contributors and consumers alike. But the reason it’s good business is…

— Stephen O’Grady

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things…

— Bill Gates

I won't sit here and say an Open Source project will do things faster than a closed source, but one of the reasons why…

— Brian Behlendorf

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this…

— Matt Mullenweg