Sharp: Closing a door

As I said previously, maybe it's not only growing up now, but also sharing the benefits of their work. Whatever the merits of major maintainers and past contributors they do not have a right to take more of a *share* of the current benefits generated by the kernel than newer or minor developers. Unless Linux has turned into a company that is.
As much as I would appreciate one who only swears by the command line; there is no need for another american software magnate in this world. Is all this "toughness" just an attitude or a way of preventing sharing the pie with foreigners or newcomers?
Sorry for raising the question, but everyone is so much into protecting its own assets and investments in the beginning of this century... Remember Keynes: in the long term...