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Linus sets his foot down, against the gatekeeping attempts in the kernel (lore.kernel.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So let me be very clear: if you as a maintainer feel that you control who or what can use your code, YOU ARE WRONG.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

I don’t see how that follows. Linus wanted to see how the discussion went on the mailing list. I doubt he wanted nor appreciated the negative media and social media attention.