Does something prevent distributing the patches?

Posted May 7, 2017 13:18 UTC (Sun) by misc (subscriber, #73730)
In reply to: Does something prevent distributing the patches? by tlamp
Parent article: Grsecurity goes private

So that would be quite interesting to claim to not have time to upstream, but still dedicate time to add a covert tracking system in a C patch.

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Does something prevent distributing the patches?

Posted May 7, 2017 17:41 UTC (Sun) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

It's a grossly unfair comparison. Everyone knows that getting code pushed upstream is a long-term effort. Even in the best of circumstances it can take months, and when there are important kernel developers who are skeptical of the code it can take years. Writing a tool to watermark code by making non-critical changes is the kind of thing that could be whipped up in a day or two by anyone who cared to try. Tracking who got which watermarked version of the code would be a little more effort on top of that, but nothing drastic.