> The Linux kernel is most certainly not a community of volunteers. This depends on the definition of community. While most of the developers are paid for thei

> The Linux kernel is most certainly not a community of volunteers. This depends on the definition of community. While most of the developers are paid for their time. Someone voluntarily contributes this developer time to the kernel. Now you could argue that the companies don't do this voluntarily but are driven by market forces etc. On the other hand, these companies could just ignore the the Linux Environment; and some companies do this.