[throwaway48476]

Linus works from home, he could do that from anywhere.

[defrost]

Indeed.

The benefit to the US if he is a citizen is that then his taxes flow to the US and if he's resident his local spending flows to the US economy and that of any geo immediate coworkers there for the face time.

[throwaway48476]

There is only one linus, and his personal economic impact is trivial compared to that of the linux project.