Who Controls Linux After Linus Torvalds Dies?

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Published on October 17, 2022 8:00:08 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7BqWDCd8Q

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What is the bus factor of Linux, as in what happens to the project if the project founder and current leader were to suddenly die. Maybe this was a major concern a few years back but nowadays isn't as much of a concern.

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Linux 6.0 Release: https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/10/2/255
Linux After Torvalds: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/the-creator-of-linux-on-the-future-without-him
Torvalds on Successor: https://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/torvalds-says-no-need-to-name-successor-as-that-will-happen-on-its-own.html#:~:text=2020%2009%3A23-,Torvalds%20says%20no%20need%20to%20name%20successor,will%20take%20care%20of%20itself&text=Linux%20creator%20Linus%20Torvalds%20says,fairly%20clear%20who%20it%20is%22.
Linus Takes Break From Linux: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/
Linux Maintainers: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/MAINTAINERS

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