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Re: tlug: The Myth of Open Source Security



On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 01:00:37AM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:

> RedHat does NOT own the kernel.

RedHat apparently owns David Miller, who determines what does or does not get
into the sparc arch of the kernel.

> If people out there with sun4cs cared, they'd be patching away. Are they?

I know of two (recent) instances where sun4c issues were addressed, patches
were sent, and they were dropped on the floor.

The linux kernel patch submission mechanism leaves a lot to be desired.

... but minor points, really ...

-- Chris
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