why not GPL? [LWN.net]

why not GPL?

Posted Feb 6, 2003 18:57 UTC (Thu) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224)
In reply to: Initramfs status by gregkh
Parent article: Initramfs status

What issues does the GPL run into here?

Also, is this a "shared" (i.e. .so), so multiple boot programs get
one copy, or is it your standard library (.a)? The former would
almost seem to be a requirement from a size point of view.

Thanks,
Pete

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Re: why not GPL?

Posted Feb 7, 2003 6:16 UTC (Fri) by larryr (guest, #4030) [Link]

> is this a "shared" (i.e. .so)

I think it is in effect a shared object, but there is some magic to do it.

> What issues does the GPL run into here?

I think only GPL-compatible programs can link with GPL libraries, and
that is too restrictive for the klibc requirements.

Larry