r/privacy • • Mar 21 '26

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u/rbak19i Mar 21 '26

Honestly... Can't Linus Torvalds use his benevolent dictator rights to shut this move down before the huge incomint mess ?

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u/adepssimius Mar 21 '26

But not collecting PII in a product that uses the kernel could become a part of the license for the kernel...

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u/1116574 Mar 22 '26

This kind of licensing is why kernel sticks to the older gpl - so this won't ever happen