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Author: Bruce Perens
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To: parazyd@dyne.org
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] grsecurity ripoff by Google, with Linus' approval WAS: I have a question about libsystemd0 in devuan ascii,
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:27 PM, parazyd@??? <parazyd@???> wrote:

>
> There is very little ground to actually make up a court case. Nobody has
> been blocked yet, and nobody has publicly (re)distributed the non-public
> patches.



Because grsecurity.net's stated policy (which could also be called
"threat") has created a chilling effect upon such redistribution. IMO that
is enough to be actionable.

I have a customer who does paid distribution of enhanced GPL software, but
they don't make the threat and they put everything in the public within 9
months to a year after distribution to their paid customers. So, they can
get away with that, but once the threat is known, IMO it's a violation.

    Thanks


    Bruce