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by nominated1 1883 days ago
> And this justifies slandering another unrelated human how?

Are you saying that Aditya was not involved in the hypocrite commits research? He’s not cited in the paper but his name is on the open letter [1].

If this is the case, would you please provide a citation? I feel like I’m missing something or being misled.

[1] https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAK8KejpUVLxmqp026JY7x5GzHU2...

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Yes, I am saying that, and I don't know what "proof" you want? He isn't cited in the paper, he didn't work on the research.

But here you go if you want to read more about the research. You'll notice that the messages/ patches are all attributed to those cited in the paper.

https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/full-disclosure.pd...

And yes, you are being misled. That's why Greg needs to publicly retract his accusation and apologize. That's why it's so frustrating that LWN did not clearly explain that Greg was flat out wrong.

I can’t understand why he would put his name on that open letter and remain quiet. For now, I will withhold judgment either way and hope more details emerge.

Edit: To clarify, I don’t think you’ve made enough of a case to prove Aditya’s innocence or justified your attack on Greg.