[Security_sig] 02/03 Conf. call minutes

[Chris Wright]

* Stephen Smalley (sds at epoch.ncsc.mil) wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 13:05, Chris Wright wrote:
> > Ge:  Another concern is around patent issue with secure computing.
> > Letter states that patent grant is null if patent is sold.  Should
> > probably be reviewed by your lawyers.
> 
> FYI:
> 
> NSA's statements on the issue:
> http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/info/faq.cfm#I22
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104506496507929&w=2
> 
> Also, 4,621,321 and 4,701,840 were slated to expire Nov 4, 2003 (the
> latter was a continuation of the former, and explicitly disclaimed the
> portion of the term after Nov 4, 2003), and I think 4,713,753 expired at
> the end of last year.

Nice, thanks Stephen.
-chris
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