Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:17:03 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       "Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@ca.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, malware-list@lists.printk.net
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a
	linuxinterfaceforon access scanning
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On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:05:43AM +0100, tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com wrote:
> Greg KH wrote on 05/08/2008 21:26:21:
> 
> > > [JON PRESS]  I wouldn't call it lazy, actually.  It's more like
> > > "economical" or "ergonomic" -- or, dare I say it -- "user-friendly." 
> In
> > > this case, the users are the AV vendors who will have to write to the
> > > API that will come out of this spec.  We will be more inclined to
> > > appreciate the SDK (for want of a better term) if it covers all the
> > > bases, rather than force us to go elsewhere for some of our
> > > requirements.  When we write SDKs, we try to make sure that our users
> > > will find whatever they need.
> > 
> > But realize that you are adding an overhead on us, the kernel community,
> > to make your life easier.  We are the ones that are taking our time to
> > review and comment on this code.  We are the ones who will have to live
> > with this code for forever, and maintain it over the lifetime of linux.
> > So far, you all have shown no willingness to give anything back to us at
> > all.
> 
> We all? How is that true? I for example wrote some code and am willing to 
> help maintain it if it gets accepted.

You did?  I didn't see any patches from you here, did I just happen to
miss them?

If Eric's code was based on yours, that's great, but it didn't imply
maintenance, especially as it doesn't look like your original patches
much :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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