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Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18

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Re: cryptographically signed licenses to enable dormant features in Intel silicon

> problems with people forking the kernel code

There's nothing inherently problematic about forking of code; it's rather the point! It has to be done correctly, of course, or that will cause problems. If one has an application for a kernel where obscure functionality might be a risk, then it will be worth maintaining a branch without it.

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