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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] grsecurity ripoff by Google, with Linus' approval WAS: I have a question about libsystemd0 in devuan ascii,
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:33:35 -0700, Bruce wrote in message
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> 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.


..I agree this violation is actionable, FWIW.

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