[Air-l] back to 1984

[Bram Dov Abramson]

Ralf Bendrath (bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de), 06.10.06:
> Sure. The NSA even developed its own version of a "Security-Enhanced
> Linux" (SELinux), which they of course have to give away under the GPL.
>
> See http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,53004,00.html

They didn't *have* to give it away, I think
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLRequireSourcePostedPublic).

On the other hand, they did seem to feel that doing so corresponded to 
their mandate ("part of its Information Assurance mission").

cheers
Bram