2) Sure, but it makes you cringe as a tech person, and sounds just like the kind of thing a non-native speaker would have written that's technically correct, but doesn't really sound quite right.
Both `open sources` and `exploited` have precise meanings in this context. A quick proofread by someone familiar with Linus would have removed these two mistakes.
2. from google re: exploit - 1. Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource): "500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology".