> we did that because we knew we could not ask the maintainers of Linux for permission, or they would be on the lookout for the hypocrite patches.
This bit just reads like "sorry you're upset".
I would have expected something along the lines of "sorry, we should have asked the maintainers and we understand why it was wrong not to", instead of "sorry, we didn't ask the maintainers, but this is why we didn't".
This bit just reads like "sorry you're upset".
I would have expected something along the lines of "sorry, we should have asked the maintainers and we understand why it was wrong not to", instead of "sorry, we didn't ask the maintainers, but this is why we didn't".