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Linus Torvalds is a U.S. citizen and Americans (or at least American companies) appear to contribute disproportionately to their population and even national GD
by 0xBDB 4y ago
Linus Torvalds is a U.S. citizen and Americans (or at least American companies) appear to contribute disproportionately to their population and even national GDP to at least the kernel (I realize the kernel isn't the OS, but I can't think of a better proxy value).
https://news.itsfoss.com/huawei-kernel-contribution/ https://news.itsfoss.com/huawei-kernel-contribution/
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoHe was certainly not a US citizen when the project started. Not even for the first 20 years of its existence. https://lwn.net/Articles/404729/ https://lwn.net/Articles/404729/
- 0xBDB 4y agoOh, I know. But we got him now so we get all his prior accomplishments. (I kid, I don't actually think Linux can be reasonably described as American, but I guess that is the argument for it.)