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Linus's Law. There are two statements named Linus's Law: one by Eric S.

Linus's Law

Raymond concerning software bug detection by a community, and the other by Linus Torvalds about the motivations of programmers. By Eric Raymond[edit] Linus's Law as described by Raymond is a claim about software development, named in honor of Linus Torvalds and formulated by Raymond in his essay and book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" (1999).[1][2] The law states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"; or more formally: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix will be obvious to someone. " DMLcentral. All sizes.