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Re:An Update on the UMN Affair by mturmon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:14PM (#26983826)
The social tactic could have been changed from "we will revert all recent patches originating from UMN" to "we are forced to review all recent patches originating from UMN, and to enforce stricter scrutiny of UMN patches going forward." Second is more honest and also applies social pressure.
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Re:An Update on the UMN Affair by raegis on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:07PM (#26985193)
That sounds like a good first warning. But they persisted even after Greg KH complained to UMN and told them to stop. A more severe punishment for a second offense is needed, IMO.
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Re:An Update on the UMN Affair by hmfrh on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:01PM (#26985112)
The second option also doesn't result in any big negatives for UMN associated personnel because the kernel devs take on all the work of enforcing stricter scrutiny.
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