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Sure there is.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/
Linus is the main maintainer of the Linux kernel, and sure, he gets to decide what code goes there. But there's no law against it. Anyone can fork the kernel and make their own changes. Companies do it all the time.