From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263930AbTLXWCK (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:02:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263942AbTLXWCK (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:02:10 -0500 Received: from amber.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.116.51]:27896 "EHLO amber.ccs.neu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263930AbTLXWB0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:01:26 -0500 Subject: Re: is it possible to have a kernel module with a BSD license?! From: Stan Bubrouski To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3FE9ADEE.1080103@baywinds.org> References: <3FE9ADEE.1080103@baywinds.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072303285.2947.215.camel@duergar> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:01:25 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Why would anyone want to BSD license a kernel module, honestly... -sb On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 10:17, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > from the project announcement on freshmeat: > > > Dazuko 2.0.0-pre5 (Default) > by John Ogness - Tuesday, November 11th 2003 06:56 PST > > About: > This project provides a kernel module which provides 3rd-party > applications with an interface for file access control. It was > originally developed for on-access virus scanning. Other uses include a > file-access monitor/logger or external security implementations. It > operates by intercepting file-access calls and passing the file > information to a 3rd-party application. The 3rd-party application then > has the opportunity to tell the kernel module to allow or deny the > file-access. The 3rd-party application also receives information about > the file, such as type of access, process ID, user ID, etc. > > Release focus: Minor bugfixes > > Changes: > Some "in use" problems with spontaneous context-switches when unloading > under FreeBSD were fixed. Macros for hooking/unhooking system calls were > added. Filename length restrictions were removed. Code for generating > protocol13 was abstracted and moved into XP layer. Support for filenames > with non-printable characters was added. The ability to compile the > interface library without 1.x compatibility was added. An "off by one" > bug which occurred when calculating include/exclude path lengths was > fixed. Support for Linux 2.6 kernels was added (not yet complete, but > very functional). > > Last release License > Default 2.0.0-pre5 24-Dec-2003 BSD License (revised) > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >