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by hitekker 3287 days ago
/u/mikemol in the reddit thread has a theory behind the contradiction:

> I've no doubt Brad is smart, but the play reads like an attempt at a Xanatos Gambits where he technically makes his fixes public, but deliberately keeps them tough to use, so his competitors get horrid press if they don't use the fixes, but have to expend more resources than necessary in order to use them, furthering his market posture.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6j7saq/linus_torvald...