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Re:Open letter from researchers involved in the “hypocrite c... by x3__ on Sunday April 25, 2021 @02:34AM (#26930753)
Unpopular opinion: People here seem to be overreacting when Linus Torvalds thinks this is not a big deal.

https://itwire.com/open-source/torvalds-says-submitting-know...

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Re:Open letter from researchers involved in the “hypocrite c... by shkkmo on Sunday April 25, 2021 @03:27AM (#26930981)
Linus doesn't say it isn't a big deal, he says the technical impact of the incident is not high. The reason this is a big deal is the violations of ethics and the breach of trust, not the technical damge to the source code, all of which Linus acknowledges.
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