"Linux took the creativity and hard work of several people. Nobody involved in it actually got richer as you might imagine people did with shitcoins..."
Not necessarily true. Both RedHat & VA Linux gifted Linus Torvalds with stock during the dot-com boom, enough for him to become independently wealthy.
It is fintech. Since they carry utility it intrinsically has value. Since thousands are unique that value is amplified. If the was a limited number of linux images and they could not be copied, you would see them carry a value.
