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LWN on the Patent Encumbrence of SELinux

Posted by chrisd on from the uh-oh-not-this-again dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "LWN has a story about patents in SELinux. The article says: "Much of the actual work in the implementation of SELinux was done by Secure Computing Corporation (SCC). SCC, in its implementation of SELinux, used a technology that it calls type enforcement. As it turns out, SCC has a patent on this technology." Sigh.

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  1. Re:My IANAL conclusion by autocracy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, and mod this dumb fucker down while you're at it - he has no place verbatim copying somebody's post and then reaping karma off it by adding the lines "Please mod up anonymous coward parent. Or just read it." The original post should get the original credit, even if it's anonymous.

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  2. Re:My IANAL conclusion by sydb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dumb fucker yourself. I am not interested in the slightest in karma, I hit the cap many moons ago anyway. I posted to raise awareness of the truth of the original post. If I had wanted karma I would just have made the point myself rather than drawing attention to an anonymous coward post.

    I'd like to punch you for being unnecessarily abusive. I'm investigating travel arrangements for Androscoggin Valley now.

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