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> Yeah, probably. But the presence of packages like GNU libc can make it harder for the manufacturer to lock the device. glibc is LGPL, so I don't see how that
by jhasse 9y ago
> Yeah, probably. But the presence of packages like GNU libc can make it harder for the manufacturer to lock the device.
glibc is LGPL, so I don't see how that should change anything?
> (as it is a violation of GNU GPL).
IIRC it's a gray area.
- pksadiq 9y ago> glibc is LGPL, so I don't see how that should change anything? glibc requires libgcc[0], which is GPLv3 (with runtime exception). The same for libstdc++[1]. [0] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Libgcc.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Libgcc.html [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html
- jhasse 9y agoThe runtime exception makes it possible that everything else is proprietary, locked and unchangeable. Which actually is okay for apps IMHO, because I would want to run proprietary software like games (sandboxed of course). The kernel really is the problem here and where there's no GPLv3 code used at all.