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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: OpenBSD hides security fixes (and blindly integrates code)
Date: 17 Feb 1997 08:59:34 -0800
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In article <5e9t72$2t6@news.pacifier.com>,
Jason Downs <downsj@threadway.teeny.org> wrote:

>You obviously don't know Theo very well, then.  How many discussions with
>Theo have you had about security issues?

None, recently. Despite the claim on the OpenBSD web page that the
OpenBSD developers want to set aside `politics' and work on a purely
technical basis, Theo some time ago made a decision that I was
politically unacceptable (a `traitor,' he called me) and now refuses
to talk to me even on technical matters, despite several purely
technical overtures from my direction.

Keep in mind, Jason, I was preparing actively to contribute to
OpenBSD, before Theo introduced a political element and decided
that he didn't want me around any more. I've pointed this out
before.

cjs
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Curt Sampson    cjs@portal.ca	   Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.	   Through infinite myst, software reverberates
Vancouver, BC  (604) 257-9400	   In code possess'd of invisible folly.