On 7/27/02 11:27 PM, Crispin Cowan wrote > * But it was *not* SCC that released SELinux; it was the NSA and > NAI. At issue is whether the NSA and NAI had obtained appropriate > rights to SCC's patents to release SELinux. But since that issue > involves complex contracts that I was not party to, I refuse to > discuss it. > * Therefore, NSA and NAI are within the GPL to release the code, at > the risk of SCC some day changing their mind about the terms on > their patent. LSM makes a lovely buffer here: Linus can accept LSM > without infringing on the patent, and anyone who wants to use the > module can use it. If SCC later withdraws the public's use of the > patent, Linus doesn't have to take it out. This is not entirely correct. SCC made the orginal modification and released it to the NSA. Under term of the GPL the NSA can do what they want with it. _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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