Well - I don't want to discuss if there are OS project using code inspections. I am asking a practical question - show us examples, tell us what works for a typical OS project, what are the political and psychological tricks to use.

The procedure described in Code Complete requires physical presence in one place - this is not feasible for most of the OS projects that I know. So some changes are inevitable. Maybe it is not a big philosophy - maybe it is just about starting doing it by yourself and sending the defects you found together with tests proving your points.