by clicking on this link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
(wow! this truly shows the power of Open Source / Free Software… complete transparency in development process)
problem: lawyers without social skills WILL destroy the planet and mankind and linux
“Linux’s creator is stepping back from his Linux kernel work — to work instead on his behavior toward other developers.”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/
Also: Linus Torvalds’ love-hate relationship with the GPL
This threat has teeth
Eric S. Raymond, one of the open-source concept’s creators, wrote in what’s currently LKML’s most popular message, “This threat has teeth. I researched the relevant law when I was founding the Open Source Initiative. In the US, there is case law confirming that reputational losses relating to conversion of the rights of a contributor to a GPLed project are judicable in law.”
Richard M. Stallman, author of the GPLv2 — the open-source license that governs Linux — is purported to have responded, “The developers of Linux, or any free program, can remove any and all code, at any time, without giving a reason. However, this doesn’t force others to delete that code from their own versions of the program.”
