Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agotension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down114
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linktension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoMeh, if they really leave this will prompt the US government or corps to finally start paying these developers. This flare up is a blessing in disguise.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down8·1 year agoWait until you find out how much of Linux the NSA has built.
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·1 year agoNext to none. You’re just spreading FUD.
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey haven’t been involved with that for years and it’s open source so it’s as likely to have a backdoor as any other part of the code.
Meh, if they really leave this will prompt the US government or corps to finally start paying these developers. This flare up is a blessing in disguise.
Wait until you find out how much of Linux the NSA has built.
Next to none. You’re just spreading FUD.
selinux is one example.
They haven’t been involved with that for years and it’s open source so it’s as likely to have a backdoor as any other part of the code.
The NSA also created TOR