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by paulryanrogers 1091 days ago
GRSecurity started down this road. IBM though has deeper pockets
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toyg 1091 days ago
More importantly, IBM has the best of the best in terms of lawyers. The likelihood of them ever losing a case is basically nil. They sustained and won a proxy war with Microsoft, when Microsoft was the richest company on the planet.
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bonzini 1091 days ago
It's not grsecurity's idea, it started on the 90s when Spender was in kindergarten or so. It's always been the way free software companies made money.
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