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>Also, how is this a victory by Linux? I see no mention of activity by the rest of the Linux community The Linux community suspended McHardy from being a core
by Buge 9y ago
>Also, how is this a victory by Linux? I see no mention of activity by the rest of the Linux community
The Linux community suspended McHardy from being a core developer. The stable branch maintainer said the lawsuits "have threatened the confidence in our ecosystem". And the technical advisory board is asking developers to sign a statement that they are not seeking financial gain.
- larkeith 9y agoI'm not sure if McHardy's suspension as a core developer might weaken his legal ground (he still was a core developer for plenty of years, and presumably his contributions remain), but otherwise most of these actions seem preventative for future bad actors. However, in another article on the case [1], the below was noted: "sworn affidavits of senior kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman and current netfilter maintainer Pablo Neira were presented in support of some of [Geniatech's] claims. The contents of those are unfortunately not public, neither is the contents of the sworn affidavists presented by the plaintiff." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16562143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16562143