From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 10:44:54 -0400 From: Brad Spengler Message-ID: <20170604144454.GA9802@grsecurity.net> References: <20170603113007.GA1544@grsecurity.net> <1496498027.22395.1.camel@gmail.com> <20170603142110.GA7578@grsecurity.net> <20170604124900.GA7153@grsecurity.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Stop the plagiarism To: Hector Martin Cc: Daniel Micay , Kernel Hardening , pageexec@freemail.hu List-ID: --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > It's somewhat ironic that someone who repeatedly complains about his > limited amount of time precluding upstreaming work somehow finds time to > stealth-idle on IRC channels to find out when people are talking about hi= m. And your evidence is what exactly? That sounds like a statement of fact rat= her than opinion. Have you considered that there might be others in whatever channels those are that disagree with you and happen to mention to me ridiculous things that are said about me in public? > You can't copyright an integer constant. There is little point in > arguing over copyright on whole-tree cleanup work; things like > converting to designated initializers aren't even, in my opinion > (IANAL), clear-cut copyrightable changes. And you can't copyright ideas, > so if someone reimplements a grsecurity feature without copying any of > the code, that's entirely fair game copyright-wise. Point me to where I claimed "copyright" over an integer constant. I also even agree the designated initializers changes aren't copyrightable. My en= tire point was simply mentioning where those changes come from, which is a moral issue in these cases, not a copyright issue -- I'm sorry if you think not violating copyright means one doesn't engage in plagiarism; the bar for copyright is terribly low. Credit is something people do that respect the work that they're copying. Same as we're not *required* to credit people who report bugs to us, but we respect their time and so it's something we've always done. Also since not crediting would give the impression that particular issue was found via some internal audit, which would be misleadi= ng. > Honestly, I'm not entirely sure why I'm writing this, because with moves > like the GCC plugin licensing shenanigans and the general licensing > approach for grsecurity you've demonstrated that you're not above using > ridiculous (and in my opinion license-violating) legal contortions to > try to exert further control over usage of your software than the GPLv2 > allows; I don't know, maybe to draw more attention for yourself in a way that=20 doesn't require doing any real work and dig yourself into a deeper hole=20 with more libel that you'll be held accountable for later? When you and comex started making your plugin licensing claims we=20 contacted the FSF ourselves given how damaging such claims are=20 (particularly given that a few of them are now included in Linux). It=20 has been nearly 4 months now and despite repeated follow-ups, I still=20 haven't received anything back more than an automated reply. Likewise=20 regarding some supposed claims by RMS which were published last year by=20 internet troll mikeeusa -- I have been trying since June 3rd of last=20 year to get any response from him, but have been unable to. So when you=20 claim we're violating the GPL by releasing some GCC plugins under GPLv2, is that a claim of fact you're making? Because last I checked, you're not a GCC copyright holder, only the FSF is, so you don't even meet the minimum threshold of being a person anyone should care about or listen to wrt this topic. I think you'd be wise to stop talking, because we've really had enough of it. > P.S. I had to reboot my router a few months ago, so I no longer have the > old IP address that you had blocked from your web server. Feel free to > remove that iptables rule now and shave a microsecond or two off your > packet processing time. Don't worry about it, there's nothing for a "grateful" user like yourself to download anymore. Boy, if I had more "grateful" users like yourself obsessed with harrassing us on Twitter, Reddit, and IRC so that they can go around and paint themselves as some kind of victim, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. -Brad --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJZNBzfAAoJEETRwPglJf5JaLsP/0Ag32rSDS/LGJMAwMSRRxQ0 4UDzoaYzS41TOVKhTFM+0/SomSlU4QDOtzdcdDta0YVbgzYQaG2A+EH38pMTOmDv vHFvxAxJn5D9B6XRaWm5I6dzNKhQjMqHJ60HKo5kfHZWMIhRe/mODPlHkT99ZrGW J4RzRvxB0ZTFjqY/AUS4lG/IwQkN9VcL2emzaSqbHGcuE8w2FzOCO+A+JHuroXqb aIrwTleSRzCH47dAoaSc3/3d+PdA1PJxXaKktIL0DcotovSN5V+iuJoDJf4bXdAz 9UoloaxLADRHrR/MTIrSt+C7c8FON7uDG0dJcdymMDGEG5V2Vyboyj5wjN0mKWfW JZfTeJBk9VFKG3lfNPW4Jr8NvV7q+pGtMfKq8u9i/DuvjXuuHZk3Nji9b3KGVkOP dNKVfOMVD5KClMy+C4t0Llfy5PB9SKdI24PDDvJ0lRCKZLJ33rxGiExL8V9RwWeI zAvT3zBkhEUHYB2kmpgynwSK3NVP1JkrpLHTYEDy6F8SXPCEJjDfa2gRUNO+kaT4 6U0AkJGD2agLQRtailceo4sdeGjwE0UER1LQbCMgQDIlrlzxBPcrTCrOh5W28a2m giI00dbiIm+Dw/7scsKOL8RbhidkMpA5C2g2ZcsokH0AME6/TyItGHeh9s0VrRIX r6Ff+2ylZpghWYfPEt3B =z7ZZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--