Intentionally buggy commits for fame—and papers

Posted Apr 26, 2021 0:45 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: Intentionally buggy commits for fame—and papers by gmgod
Parent article: Intentionally buggy commits for fame—and papers

Kernel devs should try to work *with* researchers instead of banning them (again, I'm aware those specific researchers screwed up big time in this case).

Kernel developers have spent a lot of time working with researchers; there are a bunch of things in the kernel that were put there as a result of academic research. That includes security testing, e.g. the Coverity scanner. But working together is a two-way street. I haven't seen anything in the discussion of this issue that shows these researchers made any attempt to work with the kernel developers, and that really has to happen first. It seems extremely unlikely to happen in this case, considering how seriously the relationship has already been damaged.