> whatever assumptions he has about open source is not a fantasy

I no way am I going to accept anyone's opinion based on what project they are associated with. If Linus Torvalds says something about open source or free software, I'll read what he says and make my opinion based on what he is saying, not based on that he was the original creator of Linux.

Anything else is just appeal to authority and we would do much better in discussions if we didn't do that.