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

Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by AstralStorm on Monday June 26, 2017 @01:47AM (#14634383)

It is enough for them to send the source on a written request. May be a link (working!), may be source code on a disk.

Someone will have to set up an automatic snail mailer.

If they do not respect that, they are explicitly violating GPL.

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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by jopsen on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:45AM (#14634586)

The point is if they punish you (such as discontinue business relationship) because you send a request to obtain the source, and exercise the rights you've been granted in the GPL, well, that's an additional restriction.

I'm no lawyer, but the spirit of the law or a contract matters. You can't avoid a speeding ticket because the wheels of your car wasn't touching the road in the photo :)

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