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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/03/linux_kernel_grsecurity_sues_bruce_perens_for_defamation/
In late June, noted open-source programmer Bruce Perens warned that using Grsecurity's Linux kernel security could invite legal trouble.
"As a customer, it's my opinion that you would be subject to both contributory infringement and breach of contract by employing this product in conjunction with the Linux kernel under the no-redistribution policy currently employed by Grsecurity," Perens wrote on his blog.
The following month, Perens was invited to court. Grsecurity sued the open-source doyen, his web host, and as-yet-unidentified defendants who may have helped him draft that post, for defamation and business interference.
Grsecurity offers Linux kernel security patches on a paid-for subscription basis. The software hardens kernel defenses through checks for common errors like memory overflows. Perens, meanwhile, is known for using the Debian Free Software Guidelines to draft the Open Source Definition, with the help of others.
Linus Torvalds, who oversees the Linux kernel, has called Grsecurity's patches "garbage".
... (read the rest at the register)
(Score: 4, Insightful) by rigrig on Sunday August 06 2017, @04:27AM
Before:
If you do business with grsecurity and (they think) you distributed code that you were allowed to distribute, they'll terminate your business relationship.
Some people say this may put you in breach of the GPL.
After:
If you do business with grsecurity and (they think) you distributed code that you were allowed to distribute, they'll terminate your business relationship.
Most tech sites ran the story that some people say this may put you in breach of the GPL.
Also, apparently grsecurity is quite happy to sue people for merely stating their opinion of the grsecurity contract.
I'm not sure how the "After" situation is going to get them more customers.
(The cynic in me simply believes they are advised on legal matters by the people that will get paid more by having as many lawsuits as possible, but I'm sure they have better reasons.)
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