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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. Slashdot Reaction by BaldingByMicrosoft · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just hope that this doesn't cause a barrage of nastiness from Slashdot readers. If they hold the patent, the best way to get the distro opened up is to play nice. If you want to insure bad results, consult RMS.