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> a.) GLIBC is a GPL licensed project where the copyright for the code in question has been assigned to the Free Software Foundation. All code that is contrib
by marinintim 11y ago
> a.) GLIBC is a GPL licensed project where the copyright for the
code in question has been assigned to the Free Software Foundation. All
code that is contributed must be copyright assigned to the Free Software
Foundation. This means that, regardless of the license of the reference
code, we can not use 'open source' code from other projects unless it
has been explicitly copyright assigned to the FSF.
Such free software!
- wcoenen 11y agoIt's desirable to keep the ability to fix license issues as they pop up. But if the copyright of contributions is not assigned to a single entity, then it becomes nigh impossible to change the license of the project (e.g. to a newer version of the LGPL) because the permission of every single contributor would be required.
- dagw 11y agoYou're free to take the GNU GLIBC apply your own patches and use that patched version to compile, use and ship your own software (assuming you comply with the GPL). What you are not free to do is require that your patches be included with the official distribution of GLIBC without agreeing to their terms.