Re: [BK PATCH] klibc for 2.5.64 - try 2

H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-13T00:12:19Z

Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> I believe HPA wants klibc to stay small,
> and BSD license will act as contribution-
> stopper, therefore keeping it small...
>

Heh,

Although that may be a beneficial side effect :) the real reason is the
one Linus articulated:

> I can _totally_ see hpa's point that he would be perfectly happy with
> people "stealing" parts of it - the code in question is not something
> that anybody should _ever_ have to re-create, even if he's the most
> evil person on earth and hates the GPL and wants to kill us all.
> Because it's not _worth_ recreating.

-hpa