Alan Cox wrote:
>>I'm really trying to be constructive here. There is a real licensing
>>problem over whether binary modules are legitimate at all, and the issue
>>is not special to LSM. I'm trying to get LSM out of the way so that the
>>advocates of either side can fight it out without smushing LSM in the
>>middle :-)
>>
>Yes - I agree. The question is "can you be using the LSM module" not
>the headers - since LSM is GPL and your work relies on it
>
I'm confused as to which question Alan is asking, so I'll answer several :-)
* "What is the licensing on the LSM module?" Crispin's pedantic
response: there is no "the" LSM module. LSM is a patch to enrich
the existing Linux loadable kernel module interface to allow
access control modules. These modules do exist:
* There is a dummy module (useful as a template) which just
does the superuser check ("UID==0" and access is granted)
and it is GPL'd.
* There is a module that embodies the guts of POSIX
capabilities, and it is GPL'd.
* There is a port of SELinux to LSM (produced by the SELinux
team) and it is GPL'd.
* "Can you use the LSM interface with a non-GPL module, if you
eschew GPL'd .h files?" Crispin's opinion: I dunnow, but the
answer is the same as the answer for current Linux loadble kernel
modules. If loading a module is "linking", then all modules &
device drivers must be GPL'd.
* "Can a non-GPL LSM module #include a GPL'd .h?" Crispin's opinion:
I dunnow, but the answer is the same as the answer for many
current Linux applications. I know, this is the question Alan did
not ask :-)
Crispin is not a lawyer/judge, so his opinion doesn't matter anyway :-)
Crispin
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