I idolized Torvalds growing up and respect him to this day (I still sometimes randomly say to myself "Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux as Linux!"). I also applaud the strides he's made to improve how he treats kernel contributors.<p>That said, this is a non-answer and it irks me. The truth is most kernel contributes are likely CHWMs. Instead of this "I can't see color... no literally because of the computers" non-answer he gave, it would mean a lot if he acknowledge that likelihood and outlined what might be done to change it.<p>I get that convincing people to work on free software is sort of hard to begin with. Also I get that when companies pay full time employees to work on the kernel its usually a boon for the whole community. That said, it would be cool (and free!) if the kernel leadership signaled to those companies that they should take diversity more seriously when they are hiring individuals to work on the kernel.