Lawsuits destroy community. They destroy trust. They would destroy all the goodwill we've built up over the years by being nice.

— Linus Torvalds, [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues (2016)

Source: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+55aFxLRqket8-yCL=FPM0Bz86PxdS+hRSTzXES+=1bOv=feg@mail.gmail.com/

A 2016 Ksummit-discuss message on GPL defense issues.

Topics: open source, engineering leadership