[infamouscow]

In what sense?

The Linux kernel development model is one that embraces forking and submitting patching in a way that totally horrifies webdevs paid to mush together data transformation pipelines.

Linus and Greg KH are both very clear that you don't have to use their "blessed" source trees. You're encouraged to fork.

All of the genuinely moronic rhetorical arguments about "maintainer responsibility" are downstream from the GPLv2, which very clearly states in all capital letters there's no warranty implied or otherwise. The amount of time wasted on moot debates over that is mind boggling.