> Jeff Arnold wrote:
>
> >I've put together an automatic system for applying
> >kernel security patches to the Linux kernel without
> >rebooting it, and I wanted to share this system with
> >the community in case others find it useful or
> >interesting.
>
> Hmm, the idea seem to be patented by Microsoft, i.e.
> this patent from December 2002:
>
>
http://www.google.com/patents?id=cVyWAAAAEBAJ&dq=hotpatching
>
> (and other patents by Microsoft if you search for
> "hotpatching").
