I think I understand it a little
I think I understand it a little
Posted Sep 27, 2006 12:18 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: I think I understand it a little by anandsr21
Parent article: Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)
Without the glibc, the kernel is actually quite useless.
You can always use uClibc
I am sure there are other clones but the kernel people don't use them, and it will be difficult to validate them.
Kernel people don't need them. TiVo's of the world are quite happy with uClibc - and it's used more often then glibc for such devices, actually...
It would have been nice if GPLv3 was delayed by about 5 years, when those manufacturers would have been so used to Linux that removing linux would not be an option.
Not really. We need GPLv3 version which is significally better then GPLv2 version - it does not happen overnight. If all versions of glibc starting from today will be released under "GPLv3 or above" it'll be few years before GPLv2 version will be useless piece of obsolete junk. So timing is perfect...