On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 08:25:19PM -0400, jmjonesat_private wrote: > > The most serious issue is the DTE patent, and its implications for the > > open source DTE LSM module. I am not aware of any statements from NAI > > regarding the availability of the DTE patent. > > I know little of this, but TE may be the "first test." IMHO. The TE and DTE patents are, to my understanding, owned by different companies. What one company says or does about its patent does not affect the other company. The pieces of conversation shown here have led me to understand that the TE patent is free for all to use because its use has been granted in a GPL piece of code. Someone seriously considering distributing SELinux, or any other TE technology, really should consult their own lawyer. > Regardless, the LSM interface ALLOWS SELinux, as well as numerous other > modules. If it's JUST an SELinux problem (the patent), then I think we'd > all be happy to distribute other solutions and provide a link to > distribution of SELinux for those willing to license it appropriately. If your solution depends upon TE (or DTE, depending on what NAI decides to do) then you would still be constrained by the same rules: either SCC granted free use for all for TE, SElinux or some other implementation, or they did not. Your lawyer will help you sort that out. -- http://immunix.org/
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