Torvalds on the Bitkeeper row

Linus Torvalds, Linux creator/coordinator, defends his position on dropping BitKeeper due to an alleged violation of the licensing terms by Andrew Tridgell

He didn't create something new and impressive. He just
tore down something new (and impressive) because he could,
and rather than helping others, he screwed people over.
And you expect me to _respect_ that kind of behaviour?***

what I find sad is how some people are
so _gleeful_ about a commercial program becoming less
useful, only because it was commerical.

If [BitKeeper] was a crappy tool, I'd at least understand the glee.
But in this case it was the commercial people who did the
impressive technology and pushed technology forward. And
I'm just honest enough to be able to say that.