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Would it make it more ok if people were?

How many people are joining? How many people are joining because or in lieu of Linus? How many people are joining just because it’s Linux/Git/whatever (although granted that is in part due to Linus making them such big things)? How many people would have joined/wouldn’t have left if he wasn’t there?

>>myname+(OP)
That doesn't matter.

It is his project and people are free ton join or start their own.

>>LunaSe+G
Of course it matters. There are many reasons why people might join one of his projects, many of which don’t involve him but instead the project itself. His presence might have stifled or grown involvement in those projects.

>>myname+E2
And that is completely fine.

People don't have a universal right to collaborate to this project, especially on their own terms.

In the same way, these projects will like you said, evolve in positive or negative ways with no God given right to exist and thrive.