Re: Truecrypt in kernel ?

[Michal Schmidt]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:42:39 -0500
"Zurk Tech" <zurktech@xxxxxxxxx> 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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