"Linus' Law" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after Finnish-American software engineer Linus Torvalds (1969–) who is the creator of, and was for a long time principal developer of, the Linux kernel. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|software engineer||||}} software engineer, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Linus Torvalds}} Linus Torvalds, {{named-after|en|Linus Torvalds|born=1969|nat=Finnish-American|occ=software engineer|wplink==}} Named after Finnish-American software engineer Linus Torvalds (1969–) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Linus' Law}} Linus' Law
  1. (software engineering) A claim about software development that states that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”. Categories (topical): Software engineering Synonyms: Linus's Law

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