Authority and Trademark
As of 2006, approximately two percent of the Linux kernel was written by Torvalds himself. As thousands have contributed to the Linux kernel, this percentage is one of the largest contributions to it. Though, he stated in 2012, that his own personal contribution is mostly merging code written by others, with little programming. Torvalds remains the final authority on what new code is incorporated into the standard Linux kernel.
Torvalds owns the "Linux" trademark and monitors the use of it, chiefly through the Linux Mark Institute.
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