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How are the Linux Foundation's funds allocated, and how much say does Linus have in it ? Most of this boils down to lack of money and attribution for grsec. Why
by bubblethink 9y ago
How are the Linux Foundation's funds allocated, and how much say does Linus have in it ? Most of this boils down to lack of money and attribution for grsec. Why didn't the Linux Foundation or Linus try to officially fund grsec to upstream their patches ? KSPP is still costing money. How much would it have cost to pay grsec directly instead ?
- dm319 9y agoAs far as I understand that is the opposite of how it works. The linux foundation was set up to receive funds from big business contributors - like Intel, Microsoft etc, who have an interest in the continuation of the linux kernel and wish to pay for jobs which didn't have a source of funding (i.e. Linus's job and other maintainer) and who wished to remain non-partisan. So these companies provide both code and money. That money isn't meant to be kicked back to profit-making companies as far as I understand.
- KGIII 9y agoAlso, probably because grsec's code doesn't meet the standards. By almost all accounts, it pretty much sucks. I am unqualified to opine, but I trust the opinions of who are qualified - by being the people who try to implement it.
- sighsagain 9y agoThat money is being used to pay Kees Cook to rip off grsecurity.