Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tasks Share a Core

Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by anonuser123456 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:22AM (#25150384)

They aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their heart. It’s a pain in the butt to maintain out of tree changes. Getting code upstreamed means less maintenance work.

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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by buttersbrian on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:08AM (#25150876)

So? If it benefits OSS and Google, what do you care?

Companies, who make up a sizable portion of OSS commits, do it because their interests align. Why is this different, and suspicious or malicious?

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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by zhobbs on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:42AM (#25150613)

In my experience the types of developers building this stuff are personally fans of open source and companies are willing to let them submit upstream due to PR wins and limited downside.

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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by mav3rick on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:45AM (#25150637)

So ? Upstream also benefits. Just because it's Google bring on every negative point of view

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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by jasonvorhe on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:32AM (#25158455)

So you're basically saying that all of OSS is primarily held together because the interests of various companies align somewhere?

Sounds perfect.

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