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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:27:19 +0100 |
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Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Stephen Bennett wrote: |
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> > ... Gentoo developers can take the latest release of said package |
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> > manager and continue development from that. That's the wonderful |
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> > thing about the GPL, no? |
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> Too late for all the affected users tho. Point is it's a major |
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> security hole which no sane organisation would even consider for |
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> mission-critical code. |
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Do you really think anyone checks every last line of code in every |
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release of every system package? Sneaking in a check |
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for /etc/gentoo-release with a time-delayed nasty into a widely used |
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package wouldn't be particularly hard for anyone serious... Heck, |
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getting oneself recruited under a pseudonym and sneaking some very |
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nasty global scope code into the tree wouldn't be particularly hard for |
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anyone serious... |
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These arguments are getting weaker and weaker... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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