On Saturday 05 January 2008, Eric Blake wrote: > Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes: > > on the topic of integrating it elsewhere ... the comment header states > > that this is part of the GNU C library. > > The original, before my hacks, was a straight copy from glibc; so this is > intended to be pushed back to glibc. > > > if it were part of glibc, it would be > > under the LGPL-2.1, but the comment header in gnulib states GPL-2. > > This is a recurring conversation on this list. The license in the .c file > is currently specified as the most restrictive that people tend to use, but > the license line in the gnulib/modules/memmem file makes it clear that when > you use gnulib-tool --lgpl --import memmem, you will get a copy of memmem.c > with a LGPLv2+ license, as desired, without violating any licensing.
ah, sorry for the FAQ :x > > does that > > mean memmem will not be released under the LGPL-2.1 and won't be merged > > into glibc ? > > No - I fully intend for my implementation to be usable under LGPLv2+. You > should be more than welcome to use it in uClibc. good stuff ... i'll take a stab then, thanks -mike
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