linux-kernel - Re: Truecrypt in kernel ?

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Message-ID: <20071106081527.409a0026@hammerfall>
Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:15:27 +0100
From:	Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@...d.feec.vutbr.cz>
To:	"Zurk Tech" <zurktech@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Truecrypt in kernel ?

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:42:39 -0500
"Zurk Tech" <zurktech@...il.com> wrote:
> just wondering why the truecrypt module isnt in the mainline kernel ?
> its the only cross platform encrypted disk solution out there and it
> should be less of a chore to use it in linux...is there something
> wrong with the truecrypt kernel driver ?

Two reasons:
The author hasn't sent patches.
It looks to me the license is incompatible with the GPLv2.

Michal
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