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Garrett slams Ts o as rape apologist

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Sam Varghese
Nov 5, 2012

Linux kernel developer Matthew Garrett has kicked off what could be a damaging episode in the free and open source software community by describing a fellow developer, senior Linux guru Ted Ts’o, as a “rape apologist” over comments the latter made in 2011.

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Sam Varghese

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