From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (jazzband.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.4]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA18430 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:57:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id AAA25406 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 00:55:45 GMT Received: from angusbay.vnl.com ([194.46.8.33]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id AAA25402 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 00:55:44 GMT Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 01:58:09 +0100 From: Dale Amon To: Russell Coker Cc: jw@centraltexasit.com, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, "Haigh, Tom" , "'Admissions Office'" , Carsten Grohmann , linux-security-module@wirex.com Subject: Re: SELinux Dumb Questions Message-ID: <20020605005809.GS5394@vnl.com> References: <200205281111.39926.jw@centraltexasit.com> <20020603153940.937033C34@lyta.coker.com.au> <20020604215946.DA32A748C@lyta.coker.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20020604215946.DA32A748C@lyta.coker.com.au> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:59:46PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > On Monday 03 June 2002 04:13 pm, Haigh, Tom wrote: > > > SELinux includes Type Enforcement technology developed and patented by > > > the Secure Computing Corporation, who still holds rights to all > > > commercial use of the technology. Before a colo company, or anyone else > > > uses the technology commercially, it will be necessary to negotiate a > > > license with Secure Computing. If anyone wants to do so, I can help get > > > the ball rolling with our Legal and BD folks. > > PS When does the patent expire? If it's due to expire in 1 year or less we > can just wait until it's gone... I agree with Russell. This really had better be clarified. I believe it is the intent of many on this list, myself included, to productize systems based on SELinux. It's either GPL or it ain't. Which is it? Do I drop my plans or continue? PS: For my purposes, the BSD license will do just as well. -- You have received this message because you are subscribed to the selinux list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.