If I knew the kernel well enough, I'd surely be able to balance it out whether it was a case of reverse engineering or innovation. Around the Linus came up with the Kernel, which is IMO a reverse engineering case as there are no differences between the BSD and Linux Kernel, supposedly PC BSD was already working on completion of an open Unix Kernel. Though the name Unix could not be used. However, it would be quite inspirational if Linus did something different or unique given his genius mind. And given that a lot of Kenyan Developers build systems on Linux, surely they would be able to seperate suspicion from fact, get us involved in the Kernel discussion and I think a lot of progarmmers would appreciate the depth and inspiration that drove early programmers to the limits of development.