Bear in mind that a patent consists of several sections and these sections vary a great deal in how intuitive the use of language is. The section which Linus i

Bear in mind that a patent consists of several sections and these sections vary a great deal in how intuitive the use of language is. The section which Linus is almost certainly referring to is the claims. These are indeed expressed in a technical vocabulary which is tricky for a lay person to penetrate. But the section which is supposed to enable a person ordinarily skilled in the art to be able to make the invention is not written in such vocabulary. On the contrary, it typically written in language which is perfectly comprehensible. The difficulty if any is in having the patience to read a tediously long description with endless references to diagrams.