Re: chroot administration
On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 11:02, John Hasler wrote:
> Russell Coker writes:
> > 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.
>
> Was the work done by NSA employees? If so it can be treated as if it were
> in the public domain no matter what license NSA attaches to it (that's NSAs
> work in isolation, of course, not the modified kernel as a whole). As for
> the Section 7 issue, note that a court judgement or allegation of
> infringement must 'impose conditions'. Has this happened? If so the other
> kernel authors may have grounds to sue to stop distribution by whomever the
> connditions have been imposed upon.
not 100% sure about that. At least when I worked at NRL, I thought it
created this murky situation of "public domain" for us citizens (or in
US not sure which) but not for anyone else. maybe I didnt understand it
correctly.
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