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Fixed capitalization and punctuation in process documentation.

Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Kot <volodymyr.kot.ua@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20251225133911.87512-1-volodymyr.kot.ua@gmail.com>
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Documentation/process/1.Intro.rst
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are cloudy at best; quite a few kernel copyright holders believe that
most binary-only modules are derived products of the kernel and that, as
a result, their distribution is a violation of the GNU General Public
license (about which more will be said below). Your author is not a
License (about which more will be said below). Your author is not a
lawyer, and nothing in this document can possibly be considered to be
legal advice. The true legal status of closed-source modules can only be
determined by the courts. But the uncertainty which haunts those modules

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How the development process works
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Linux kernel development in the early 1990's was a pretty loose affair,
Linux kernel development in the early 1990s was a pretty loose affair,
with relatively small numbers of users and developers involved. With a
user base in the millions and with some 2,000 developers involved over the
course of one year, the kernel has since had to evolve a number of

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Locking
*******
In May, 2006, the "Devicescape" networking stack was, with great
In May 2006, the "Devicescape" networking stack was, with great
fanfare, released under the GPL and made available for inclusion in the
mainline kernel. This donation was welcome news; support for wireless
networking in Linux was considered substandard at best, and the Devicescape
stack offered the promise of fixing that situation. Yet, this code did not
actually make it into the mainline until June, 2007 (2.6.22). What
actually make it into the mainline until June 2007 (2.6.22). What
happened?
This code showed a number of signs of having been developed behind
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It is often argued that a regression can be justified if it causes things
to work for more people than it creates problems for. Why not make a
change if it brings new functionality to ten systems for each one it
breaks? The best answer to this question was expressed by Linus in July,
breaks? The best answer to this question was expressed by Linus in July
2007:
::

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will, of course, need a server that can be pulled from. Setting up such a
server with git-daemon is relatively straightforward if you have a system
which is accessible to the Internet. Otherwise, free, public hosting sites
(Github, for example) are starting to appear on the net. Established
(GitHub, for example) are starting to appear on the net. Established
developers can get an account on kernel.org, but those are not easy to come
by; see https://kernel.org/faq/ for more information.