Editing Linus Torvalds (section)

== Authority and trademark ==
As of 2006, approximately 2% of the Linux kernel was written by Torvalds.<ref name="unauthbio"/> Despite the thousands who have contributed to it, his percentage is still one of the largest. However, he said in 2012 that his own personal contribution is now mostly merging code written by others, with little programming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-millenium-technology-prize-finalist-linus-torvalds/ |title=An Interview With Linus Torvalds |publisher=Tech Crunch |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> He retains the highest authority to decide which new code is incorporated into the standard Linux kernel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ingo |first1=Henrik |title=Open Life: The Philosophy of Open Source (HTML book) {{!}} OpenLife.cc |url=https://www.openlife.cc/onlinebook/open-life-philosophy-open-source-html-book |website=www.openlife.cc |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

Torvalds holds the ''Linux'' trademark<ref>{{citation |url=http://tess2.uspto.gov/ |title=Linux trademark |quote=IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation. FIRST USE: 19940802. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19940802 |date=15 August 1994 |number=Serial number 74560867}}</ref> and monitors its use,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/linux/00/01/19/0828245.shtml |title=Linus Explains Linux Trademark Issues |date=19 January 2000 |publisher=Slashdot.org |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref> chiefly through the [[Linux Mark Institute]].