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Process Improvements in the Kernel Development

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-the-process dept.

Kalki writes "In an e-mail to the Linux kernel mailing list, sent Saturday, Torvalds proposed that kernel developers begin certifying that the code that they contribute is entitled to be included in the Linux kernel as well as a technique for "signing off on patches" that would better track which developers had handled source code contributions. check this Infoworld story on it."

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  1. I like this bit the best by technomanceraus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hola! This is a request for discussion.. Some of you may have heard of this crazy company called SCO (aka "Smoking Crack Organization") who seem to have a hard time believing that open source works better than their five engineers do. They've apparently made a couple of outlandish claims about where our source code comes from, including claiming to own code that was clearly written by me over a decade ago. You tell em' go linus

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    -= Technomancer =-