I'm glad he approves of it. Generally if he doesn't approve of something like this then it triggers a string of "Torvalds says" articles that do nothing for nix. Then someone brings up a RMS angle and then it all devolves into an artificially created shtstorm which keeps the entire FOSS scene in this constant paralyzed state.
Personally I think Valve - as great as they are - will step on a pile of RMS flavored toes. So be it. They bring raw power to the (desktop) nix world like never before. nix hasn't really moved an inch on the desktop front anyway...whats the worse that could happen? The risk is acceptable given the massive potential progress.
I think it'll also provide much needed focus to the nix world. Sure variety has its benefit...but at some point it becomes fragmentation not variety. A central vocal point like valve will go a long way to fixing that.
Personally I think Valve - as great as they are - will step on a pile of RMS flavored toes. So be it. They bring raw power to the (desktop) nix world like never before. nix hasn't really moved an inch on the desktop front anyway...whats the worse that could happen? The risk is acceptable given the massive potential progress.
I think it'll also provide much needed focus to the nix world. Sure variety has its benefit...but at some point it becomes fragmentation not variety. A central vocal point like valve will go a long way to fixing that.