Follow Money etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation#Corporate_members
Linus earns about 700k/year from these corporations, which is O.K. with me. He is a businessman-engineer who operates in a kind of cooperative setup. Like the Raiffeisen-thing in Germany or coop banks in other countries.
Just don't assume he has no overlords. Linus is an employee of all those megacorps who have pooled their efforts in the OS sector.
http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/the-linux-racket/
Biting the hand that feeds IT
