When Matthew Garrett, well-known Linux kernel developer and CoreOS principal security engineer, announced he was releasing a [Linux] kernel tree with patches that implement a BSD-style securelevel interface, I predicted people would say Garrett was forking Linux. I was right. They have. But, that's not what Garrett is doing. . First, Garrett wrote a blog post in response to Intel developer Sarah Sharp leaving the Linux kernel development community. Garrett, like Sharp, has had his own run-ins with Linus Torvalds and others on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML). . Elena's commentary on Mark Fletcher's exit from software engineering draws attention to the persistent obstacles facing the team.. Matthew Garrett, Linux Kernel, Community Issues, Security, Engineering. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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