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Hi! |
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0200, Luis Ressel wrote: |
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> in case anyone hasn't read in on LWN yet, here's what I'm talking |
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> about: https://grsecurity.net/passing_the_baton.php |
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Sorry for OT, but is this legal? Or, more correct, is this will works? |
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Sure, they can sell their patch to Linux kernel without opensourcing that |
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patch. But at soon as their customers (say, some government org or large |
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company) will APPLY that patch to Linux kernel and try to DISTRIBUTE that |
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kernel on their computers - they will have to distribute patched source |
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too (so it'll became available to users of these computers), and that |
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patched source will have GPL2 license… so any of these users/employees may |
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publish these sources, and org/company can't prohibit this without |
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violating GPL2… correct? |
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Or this will be sort of "sure, you may publish these sources, but then we |
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may fire you - everyone has rights, right to publish any GPL2 sources he |
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has access to and right to fire any employee for no specific reason"? |
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WBR, Alex. |
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