The Linux kernel is important, and having more eyeballs on the source code is a good thing. However, there are many places where it would be nice to have code go under more scrutiny by people who know what they are doing:
GNU Privacy Guard, OpenSSL and OpenSSH code, for example. AFIAK, only one maintainer is on each of them, and it is a cornerstone of Internet security. Would be nice if some of these mega-billion dollar companies would help with this. GPG needs a facelift, perhaps using a more efficient
Why can't other subsystems be sponsored too? (Score:5, Interesting)
The Linux kernel is important, and having more eyeballs on the source code is a good thing. However, there are many places where it would be nice to have code go under more scrutiny by people who know what they are doing:
GNU Privacy Guard, OpenSSL and OpenSSH code, for example. AFIAK, only one maintainer is on each of them, and it is a cornerstone of Internet security. Would be nice if some of these mega-billion dollar companies would help with this. GPG needs a facelift, perhaps using a more efficient
Re:Why can't other subsystems be sponsored too? (Score:2)
It seems that it is not only the linux kernel these two people would work on. Or did I miss something?