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I don’t think any of that is going to stop them from making bananas Linux kernel forks. They aren’t going to just stop generating slop. Legality, practicality and usefulness haven’t stemmed the tide of non kernel madness one bit. If they can’t submit it to the official kernel we are going to get forks where they can.
I honestly am interested in seeing what comes out of it. I’m not going to install it on MY hardware but I am curious what happens when caution is thrown to the wind and it’s pedal to the metal.
I expect that some forks will actually have useful features or corrections that, when cherry picked, cleaned and polished, can improve the main kernel.
The rest (98% or more) (yes, I pulled that number from my arse) will be absolute rubbish.
I do not envy the kernel maintainer's job at this point. They are sifting sand with a spade and a sieve while the world is dumping truckloads of rubble at them.