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When asked if this is the beginning of a macro-fragmentation of Linux some wonder if this is not already occurring now, and raise the issue of China and its parallel standards to accepted protocols. Others point to the eventual expiration of the protected rights which are key to all &ldquo;open source&rdquo; software, so that Linus Torvald's conversion should serve as a wake-up call as to the broader problem &mdash; a kind of Linux Y2K &mdash; even if a new kernel is reverse-engineered to replace the Torvalds kernel.