<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.
