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

H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-07T00:54:48Z

Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Greg KH wrote:
>
>>Here's a series of changesets that add klibc support to the 2.5.64
>>kernel. The only change since the last time I sent this is an addition
>>of a LICENSE file to the klibc directory, and a merge with your latest
>>bk tree.
>
> Ok, nobody wants to mention it, so I'll have to do it.
> Above license is the BSD license. What were the exact reasons to choose
> this one?
>

Actually, it's the MIT license, which differs from the (new) BSD license
only in the no-endorsement clause, which seemed superfluous.

It was chosen because klibc is a non-dynamic library, and it would
otherwise be extremely awkward to link proprietary code against it if
someone would like to do so. Furthermore, I'm the author of most of the
code in there, and if someone really wants to rip it off it's not a huge
deal to me.

-hpa