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I doesn't look like any of the *BSD people were let in on this issue until very recently. Apple, Microsoft and the Linux Kernel devs seem to have been given pri
by djsumdog 9y ago
I doesn't look like any of the *BSD people were let in on this issue until very recently. Apple, Microsoft and the Linux Kernel devs seem to have been given priority. It kinda shows where Linux is right now in the global landscape compared to two decades ago.
Funding and time/people for the kernel comes from the big players (IBM, Intel, et. al.) and distribution decisions have created a monoculture, making the big Linux distros feel like they're part of the corporate/national tech culture and less community centered.
- sudhirj 9y agoI read, don’t have a citation though, that they were excluded because they refused to respect the embargo, not because of who they were.
- marcolussetti 9y agoThat's more relating to OpenBSD than the other BSDs. FreeBSD was informed during the embargo (someone on another threads said at the behest of Netflix) but in late December.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoDidn't the *BSD folks have history of unilaterally breaking embargoes on security issues? That could further explain why they weren't notified ahead of time.
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