[duncanfwalker]

At the start of your comment I thought the 'issues like this' were going to be the 4 year discussions about what is and isn't core.

[crmd]

So did I :-) but I think the concepts are related: Linus’ ability to shift into autocratic leadership mode when necessary seems to prevent issues like the 4 year indecisiveness on v2/core from compromising product quality to the point where Linux is trusted in a way that rivals commercial software.

[duncanfwalker]

+1 you're paying for the governance as much as you're paying for the code.