Can someone who is familiar with Linux kernel development explain how
In the past several years, we devoted most of our time to improving the Linux kernel, and we have found and fixed more than one thousand kernel bugs
and
the extensive bugfinding and fixing experience also allowed us to observe issues with the patching process and motivated us to improve it
squares up?
They are part of the social infrastructure and still felt compelled to conduct a breaching experiment? Sometimes one must step across social boundaries, but only under extreme conditions. What really went on there?
In the past several years, we devoted most of our time to improving the Linux kernel, and we have found and fixed more than one thousand kernel bugs
and
the extensive bugfinding and fixing experience also allowed us to observe issues with the patching process and motivated us to improve it
squares up?
They are part of the social infrastructure and still felt compelled to conduct a breaching experiment? Sometimes one must step across social boundaries, but only under extreme conditions. What really went on there?