Nils Torvalds (b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician
Other than this the book explains Torvalds' view of himself, the free software movement and the development of Linux.
In the book The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age (2001), Torvalds introduces his law in the prologue "What Makes Hackers Tick? a.k.a. Linus's Law", suggesting that every motivation that makes a man do something can be classified under "survival", "social life" or "entertainment".
The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate was a debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding Linux and kernel architecture in general.