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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 03:06:57 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> To: Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@...u.edu> Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@...il.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Jason Dixon <jason@...ongroup.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jirislaby@...il.com, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:58:26PM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote: > Suppose you saw some other variant of *nix that had some code you wanted > to use, but there was a gaping security hole in it. Wouldn't you patch > it before you incorporated it? and would it be your fault if this fix > made the code not work with the original? > > We took the code and fixed a gaping security vulnerability that appeared > within the opening comment. We DO care who does what with our code, and > we fully intend to cover our balls. Who's "we" and would you mind showing your contributions to the tree? git doesn't seem to find them in 2.5.0-to-current for some reason... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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