Securing FC 4
AragonX
aragonx at dcsnow.com
Mon Aug 22 19:12:43 UTC 2005
<quote who="Stephen Smalley">
> On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 14:57 -0400, AragonX wrote:
> FYI: NSA's statements on the patent claims by SCC:
> http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/info/faq.cfm#I22
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104506496507929&w=2
Neither of these links provide any real information. They simply state
what you have said: "We believe everything to be fine."
> Also, I believe that the patents in question have expired since the time
> of the original dispute with SCC, not that it matters, as the claims
> were rejected even while the patents were still live. A number of
> lawyers looked into the matter at the time of the dispute.
This may be correct. I have been unable to determine if the patents are
still active and I'm not interested enough to pay for access to a patient
database.
> SELinux is in the mainline Linux kernel.
> SELinux is in Red Hat's distributions among others.
> Do you think that the Linux kernel developers or Red Hat would have
> touched it if they thought it was encumbered?
Encumbered is a relative term. And to answer the question with that in
mind, yes I do.
I try to do research when time permits. If ever there is a question of
legality, I'll try to find an alternative. Period.
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