linux-kernel - Re: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

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Message-ID: <20070902020657.GP21089@ftp.linux.org.uk>
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...
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