[OT] Linus Torvalds delays Linux 3.0 launch due to a subtle bug

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 21:12 +0100, Avi wrote: 
> Ernest Doub wrote:
> 
> > "Microsoft began contributing Hyper-V code to the Linux kernel two
> > years ago after Linux community members pointed out that Microsoft
> > was violating the GPL software
> > license<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/23/microsoft_hyperv_gpl_violation/>by
> > using open source components within a Hyper-V driver."
> > 
> > More likely, based on this quote, that they would have to dump their
> > entire driver and start over again from scratch.
> > Microsoft has finally been busted for using ideas/code developed by
> > somebody else and claiming as their own proprietary work.
> 
> No. They would have to comply with the GPL. Which they did. Two years
> ago. 
> 
> What has a bug in Linux 3.0 got to do with Microsoft anyway?

Because maybe there are trying to release with the Hyper V-code feature
working? That would make 3.0 a major splash release, instead of more of
the usual WiFi and USB fixes. It's a thought. Maybe it's something else.
So, I would expect a 3.0 release to have some major feature improvement
or a new inclusion. Ric


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