from the libertarian newspaper

[Bradley Hook]

Chuck wrote:
> Linux is an example of anarchism in action: open, free, anti-capitalist, 
> egalitarian, anti-hierarchical, anti-propertarian, decentralized, 
> cooperative and so on.

"Linux" is not an example of anarchism, though it is a part of the FOSS 
community, which may be an example of anarchism.

"Linux" is a trademarked project that is controlled exclusively by Linus 
Torvalds. Yes, you can provide unofficial patches, or fork your own 
kernel, but you cannot legally (or ethically) call it Linux.

The FOSS community as a whole could be considered anarchism in action. 
There is no single authority. All authorities that do exist only carry 
authority over contributors that choose to submit to the authority, and 
only while they choose to submit to the authority. Any contributor can 
choose to stop releasing their own works under a FOSS license at any 
time. Copies already in circulation at that time are not affected, but 
the author is not obligated by any authority to continue distributing 
under a given license.

Just my two cents :)

~Bradley