Other people have other goals, and sometimes the BSD style licenses are better for those goals. I personally tend to prefer the GPL, but that really doesn't mean that the GPL is any way inherently superior - it depends on what you want the license to do.

I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing.

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.