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A comment on Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pure garbage.

Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by known on Sunday June 25, 2017 @11:25PM (#14633844)
BSD is more liberal than GNU/Linus
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by 43224gg252 on Sunday June 25, 2017 @11:49PM (#14633930)
Why do you think this? Because they let people fork the kernel, patch it, close the source, sell it, and never contribute anything back?
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by KGIII on Monday June 26, 2017 @12:02AM (#14633990)
The BSD license protects different freedoms than the GPL. The GPL ensures the code is free, that it can never be taken away.
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by flukus on Monday June 26, 2017 @01:59AM (#14634429)
It sounds like the GPL is the only reason these patches are available at all.
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