Re: GPL only usage of security.h

From: Greg KH (gregat_private)
Date: Mon Sep 24 2001 - 20:57:46 PDT

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    On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 02:29:44AM +0200, Martin Stricker wrote:
    > 
    > Conclusion: I absolutely like the idea that only OSF-compliant software
    > can use LSM. However I see one problem here (my point 3), and the fact
    > this change (is it a change or not?) is introduced this late.
    
    I want to apologize for bringing this up so late in development of this
    patch.  I also should have warned some of the effected parties ahead of
    time, before bringing it up.  Crispin, Stephan, and James, I apologize.
    
    As for why bringing it up now?  I've realized that if this patch is
    accepted into the kernel it would weaken the licensing requirements of a
    security module (in the open source sense) since the beginning of the
    project.  With the current talk on lkml about licenses in the kernel,
    the addition of the MODULE_LICENSE macro and a list of acceptable
    licenses in the latest 2.4.10 release, and being asked about the license
    issues of the LSM patch by other kernel developers, I knew I had to
    bring up the issue.
    
    thanks,
    
    greg k-h
    
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