Comment K5A1 Re: patches

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GRSecurity Linux Kernel patch to end public accessability of stable patches.

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patches (Score: 1)

by pete@pipedot.org on 2015-09-02 00:54 (#K56Q)

they produce patches, not redistrib. linux. its their code, and patch, and thus should be able to do what they want, no?

that aside, im upvoting because the full version of the story sounds quite interesting. they themselves are tired of seeing GPL violations, among other complaints, leading to their decision

Re: patches (Score: 1)

by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-09-02 02:00 (#K5A1)

Patches are necessarily derivative code, so covered by the license.

However the GPL never said you have to make your code freely available to the public. It's just that once you give it out, you can't stop anyone else from redistributing it, if they want to.

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