[GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:41:39 -0400 (EDT)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> | From: Alvin Starr via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> | If the zdnet report is to be believed then There was at least one
> attempt to | insert code after being found out and asked to stop.
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/greg-kroah-hartman-bans-university-of-minnesota-from-linux-development-for-deliberately-buggy-patches/
> See:
> <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20210407001658.2208535-1-pakki001@umn.edu/>
> I don't think that Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' interpretation is
> correct (it seems to be GKH's).  If you look at the email exchange in
> question, the "attempt to insert code" was an attempt to submit a real
> bug-fix, not an attempt to add a bug.  But:
> - the fix was to a bug that didn't exist.  Careful reading of the
>   surrounding code shows that the problem addressed could not happen.
> 
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okay, even if you are correct, there are allegedly 'multiple' submits?
I have not been on kernel lists as I left in mid 2000's but, what is discussed 
are multiple events and not one and also that there is still more to be known 
and said. So, like others, I am patiently waiting to hear more and will be
ignoring some of the rumours and other "info" until more is known.
(like who, what, how many and what the responses are)
I am however of the general opinion that Universities are held to a
higher standard and that this type of "research" would have had to be 
authorised by the institution. 
Therefore my opinion simply is that an example has to be made, but my
opinion does not really matter and this is an emotional and trust issue.