[ShadowAce]

That comment makes almost no sense.

Also, Linux was originally written/conceived by a non-American.

Yes, he does have American citizenship now, but he wasn't American at the time it was first released.

If anything, it illustrates how Americans (as shown by the development by Americans of the subsequent releases) can take something and make it useful to everyone.

[Golden Eagle]

Linux was originally written/conceived by a non-American.

Linus Torvalds didn't conceive much of anything. He hijacked the UNIX code framework especially the patents and IBM let him get away with it.

take something and make it useful to everyone.

Everyone being the entire world, without having to pay anyone in the US for using it, of course.