Linux kernel security opts out of free test patches for Grsecurity
The free lunch is over for Linux users as Open source Security Company decided to stop making test patches for Grsecurity that were available for free.
The software is a set for powerful Linux kernel security that contains features like role-based access controls and chroot restrictions that will harden Linux implementations.
The company’ s decision to limit its open source software only to subscribed users has emanated from the alleged misuse of Grsecurity trademark by an undisclosed company but it is claimed to be Intel’ s Wind River.
When the Grsecurity creator and Open Source Security President Brad Spengler were questioned, he declined to comment about Wind River.
The subscription fee was started at a rate of $200 per month, but now it is tailored to per-customer basis.
" Unfortunately, in contrast to Microsoft' s post-Windows XP Trustworthy Computing initiative which drastically changed its security trajectory, the Linux community at large has failed to invest adequately in security over the past two decades," the company has said in a blog post.
So from now on, the Grsecurity patches will be distributed under the GPLv2 free software license, like Linux kernel.
Any Linux enthusiast could pay for the future code and release it for everyone out of your good heart, but that could end things with Grsecurity subscription for good.
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