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Re: chroot administration



On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:50, John Hasler wrote:
> Russell Coker writes:
> > They don't apply to SE Linux either, the NSA says that SE Linux is
> > licensed under the GPL only.  If anyone wants to dispute that then they
> > have to sue the NSA...
>
> The licensing of the software is orthogonal to the licensing of the
> patents.

If software can't be freely used for any purpose then it can't be released 
under the GPL.  The NSA assert that they have the right to release under the 
GPL and that therefore the patent issues have been dealt with.

If the SCC directly challenge this then they will immediately face the DoJ.

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