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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.16
Date: 27 Nov 2001 00:08:29 -0800
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Followup to:  <20011127135847.A22859@bee.lk>
By author:    Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@gnu.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> It is still not okey to include even _small_ changes, because it is hard to
> define what small is.  Although we are sure that is is going to break,
> Murphey's laws may get in ...;)
> 
> So better have a _policy_ of not doing so.
> 

Sorry, but you have just crossed the line of what is reasonable to
demand of other people.  If you don't trust the maintainers and want
to maintain such a policy, fork the kernel and start maintaining it
yourself.

     -hpa
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