Re: Coverity Open Source Defect Scan of Linux

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On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 09:35:11PM -0800, Ben Chelf wrote:

 >   Right now, we're guarding access to the actual defects that we report 
 > for a couple of reasons: (1) We think that you, as developers of Linux, 
 > should have the chance to look at the defects we find to patch them 
 > before random other folks get to see what we found and (2) From a 
 > support perspective, we want to make sure that we have the appropriate 
 > time to engage with those who want to use the results to fix the code. 
 > Because of this second point, I'd ask that if you are interested in 
 > really digging into the results a bit further for your project, please 
 > have a couple of core maintainers (or group nominated individuals) reach 
 > out to me to request access. As this is a new process for us and still 
 > involves a small number of packages, I want to make sure that I 
 > personally can be involved with the activity that is generated from this 
 > effort.
 > 
 >   So I'm basically asking for people who want to play around with some 
 > cool new technology to help make source code better. If this interests 
 > you, please feel free to reach out to me directly. And of course, if 
 > there are other packages you care about that aren't currently on the 
 > list, I want to know about those too.

The last time I asked about access to your bug list, I was asked to
sign the equivalent of a non-compete agreement.  Is this still in place?

		Dave

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