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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by diffeomorphism on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:01AM (#37596370)
Exactly, but samsung does and they use the linux kernel. And this change affects them and is particularly untimely for them if laws require future long term support from them (not from linux). That was the comment you are replying to.

Of course, linux can just say "not my problem" -- the law does not affect them directly. The discussion topic is whether with this change in law companies like samsung will be willing to invest lots of money to get sufficiently long LTS versions and hence lead to a change in position on the linux side. ... or a switch to fuchsia.

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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by ghaff on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:12AM (#37596477)
So it’s for Samsung to decide if they want to take a different approach or not. And yeah it’s not a kernel.org problem and there’s actually likely no easy mechanism for Samsung to pay for LTS given the work is mostly done by a bunch of people working for many different companies. I think the Linux Foundation only pays the salaries of three maintainers—including Linus.
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