Chuck wrote:
Linux is an example of anarchism in action: open, free, anti-capitalist, egalitarian, anti-hierarchical, anti-propertarian, decentralized, cooperative and so on.
"Linux" is not an example of anarchism, though it is a part of the FOSS community, which may be an example of anarchism.
"Linux" is a trademarked project that is controlled exclusively by Linus Torvalds. Yes, you can provide unofficial patches, or fork your own kernel, but you cannot legally (or ethically) call it Linux.
The FOSS community as a whole could be considered anarchism in action. There is no single authority. All authorities that do exist only carry authority over contributors that choose to submit to the authority, and only while they choose to submit to the authority. Any contributor can choose to stop releasing their own works under a FOSS license at any time. Copies already in circulation at that time are not affected, but the author is not obligated by any authority to continue distributing under a given license.
Just my two cents :)
~Bradley