Linus Torvalds declares Linux AI‑friendly, tells dissenters to fork it
In a July 2026 kernel mailing‑list post, Linus Torvalds flat‑out said Linux isn’t an anti‑AI project and that anyone opposed to AI‑generated code can simply fork the kernel or walk away. He framed AI as just another tooling option, shifting the policy debate for the entire open‑source ecosystem.