Yet the firmware is locked down and they aggressively pursue and punish people who try to control their own cars... they may be the hacker car company, but overall they are very anti-hacker.
He's a hacker that worships money more than open source software. There is a spectrum of how hackers balance riches and fame and being true to their roots of open source. I'd say Linus has done a very good job. Perhaps the best job you can do. Elon is probably at the other end of the spectrum, but not quite as far as the Google lads are. They're at the other end of the pool.