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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. I want Stallman's Babies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    here the man sing

    1. Re:I want Stallman's Babies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Hi there,

      I have a couple of rather odd requests to make, not something which would be accepted for an Ask Slashdot either ..

      My first question is, does anyone know where I can obtain damaging trojan horse programs from? I plan to plant them on my open ftp server (it keeps getting hit by warez dudes, I'd like to get my own back somehow)

      Secondly, does anyone know of a sure way to submit someone's email address to spam collecting bots? I am secretly keeping track of someone's email via a .forward file to an anonymous email account that I check every week or so. However, in order to determine if it is still forwarding, I need to have emails sent there at irregular but short intervals. Spam seems the perfect option, but how do I trigger it?

      Kind regards,
      Jimmy Bucketspoon

  2. FIRST SUBJECT-LINE TROLL (PATENT PENDING) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  3. Re:Because so few people have actually READ the GP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hi there,

    I have a couple of rather odd requests to make, not something which would be accepted for an Ask Slashdot either ..

    My first question is, does anyone know where I can obtain damaging trojan horse programs from? I plan to plant them on my open ftp server (it keeps getting hit by wares dudes, I'd like to get my own back somehow)

    Secondly, does anyone know of a sure way to submit someone's email address to spam collecting bots? I am secretly keeping track of someone's email via a .forward file to an anonymous email account that I check every week or so. However, in order to determine if it is still forwarding, I need to have emails sent there at irregular but short intervals. Spam seems the perfect option, but how do I trigger it?

    Kind regards,
    Jimmy Bucketspoon

  4. Re:GPL Section 7 by Linus+Turdballs · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Wouldn't section 7 cover it?"

    Thanks for posting! We haven't seen that posted THIRTY FUCKING TIMES ALREADY!! Ugh, why did I let you idiots even play with my kernel?

    --

    -- Linus Torvalds

  5. Re:OpenViolation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hi there,

    I have a couple of rather odd requests to make, not something which would be accepted for an Ask Slashdot either ...

    My first question is, does anyone know where I can obtain damaging trojan horse programs from? I plan to plant them on my open ftp server (it keeps getting hit by warez dudes, I'd like to get my own back somehow)

    Secondly, does anyone know of a sure way to submit someone's email address to spam collecting bots? I am secretly keeping track of someone's email via a .forward file to an anonymous email account that I check every week or so. However, in order to determine if it is still forwarding, I need to have emails sent there at irregular but short intervals. Spam seems the perfect option, but how do I trigger it?

    Kind regards,
    Jimmy Bucketspoon

  6. Re:What is Type Enforcement? by Linus+Turdballs · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Type enforcement" is when they shove a char* so far up your ass it'll pop out your nostrils. Trust me, that * hurts like hell, too.

    --

    -- Linus Torvalds

  7. 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.