The Linux Foundation apparently thinks you can look at a snippet real hard for a minute or so, and you’ll magically figure out if it’s stolen or plagiarized from somewhere. Otherwise, I don’t understand how their policy would possibly work. It’s not like they’re linking some sort of plagiarism checker, and as far as I know, those aren’t reliable anyway.
Does somebody understand how that’s meant to work? I’m curious. If I’m judging them too harshly here, I would like to know.
Just to clarify, is this Linux foundation in charge of the kernel? I’m not sure how the chain of command goes over there.
The Linux Foundation organizes most of the kernel developer events, I believe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation#Community_stewardship If any org has influence of the kernel developers at all, it’s probably the Linux Foundation.