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minus-squaremrkite@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoLiterally no one is stopping you
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoJust those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.
minus-squaremrkite@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·51 minutes agoThat doesn’t prevent you from forking it.
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·48 minutes agoThe Linux kernel is a few hundred million lines of code, probably. It does need to slowly be moved into a memory safe language.
Literally no one is stopping you
Just those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.
That doesn’t prevent you from forking it.
The Linux kernel is a few hundred million lines of code, probably. It does need to slowly be moved into a memory safe language.