There's a connection, one of his main paranoias is China getting Linux for free. Selling them an OS is okay, but letting them have one for free isn't.
Why do all of you want to literally give stuff to China for free is the obvious question, since we already have such a huge trade deficit. Yet all we ever get is vague references about how we are all human, and it would be good for the communists, oops I mean community, or other worthless tripe.