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Linus's Law

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Linus's Law

Summary

Linus's Law is a principle[1]. It draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #23 of 126).[2]

Key Facts

  • Linus's Law authored Eric S. Raymond[3].
  • Linus's Law's instance of is recorded as principle[4].
  • Linus's Law's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law[5].
  • Linus Torvalds is named after Linus's Law[6].
  • Linus's Law's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חוק לינוס.wav[7].
  • Linus's Law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j7rd[8].

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Works and Contributions

Linus's Law authored Eric S. Raymond[3].

Why It Matters

Linus's Law draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #23 of 126).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Eric S. Raymond Linus Torvalds

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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