Well, there are 5 posts in my state in germany, but the idea is cool.

The US government had a legal monopoly to “carrying letters and parcels arround.” Then it decided to remove that law, and then capitalism created delivery services.

When advantageous to your position, I am 100% sure that you would say that they only care about next quarter. But now companies care about decades in the future when oatents expire?

Eh, if the kernel (Linus himself) hasn’t banned it, maybe it isn’t a no brainer.