Re: [SLUG] Security-enhanced Linux available at NSA site (fwd)

[Michael Still <mikal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Ken Yap wrote:

> >(before anyone gets too worried, there are already 42 network drivers
> >in the main kernel tree owned by the NSA :-)
> 
> You don't have NSA and NASA (former employer of Donald Becker) confused
> do you?

It would seem from the discussion on linux-kernel that the NSA is the
designated owner of all US IT Copyright. Therefore, Donald Becker's code
is (c) the NSA, not NASA. Have a look at the linux-kernl archives at
kernel.org for more details.

Mikal

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