Re: wonder ...
Quite honestly, I doubt Linus even noticed this in passing. It's kinda outside his normal jurisdiction. If you're seriously curious, you could email him and ask; it's not like his email address is top secret or anything.
Note that I don't actually recommend sending that mail ... I suspect his answer (if any) would be along the lines of "Why are you bothering me with this crap? If you had done even 30 seconds of the most basic of research, you would know that my name is nowhere near that codebase."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
