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Why is always busybox?

Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 20:13 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510)
In reply to: Why is always busybox? by rahvin
Parent article: Best Buy, Samsung, And Westinghouse Named In SFLC Suit Today

Nobody ever violates the license on busybox for a smart reason. Proprietary code would not be connected with it. It's just a lack of due diligence combined with a failure to respond when contacted.

I could confuse things tremendously by taking my original code-base and applying the BSD license to it. :-)

Bruce


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Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 20:33 UTC (Mon) by atai (subscriber, #10977) [Link]

No, you want to apply the GPLv3 to it. That is better!

Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 20:42 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

I could dual-license it.

Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 15, 2009 22:00 UTC (Tue) by davi (guest, #18853) [Link]

You could, but I hope you do not do it.

User freedom:
* GPL version >= 3 is the future.
* AGPL >= 3 for web applications.

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