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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Or it could of been any person or country. It was a nothing burger and is still a nothing burger

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was clearly an attack. By who is unknown.

Notably this was in 2003 before git (2005) so linux source was in a central bitkeeper repo. So a commit with no associated data about who did it should not have been possible.

Here is a more detailed article. https://lwn.net/Articles/57135/

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

speaking in burger terms as any good american

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proud to be an American, at least I know I'm free.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Free to buy all the hamburgers!