Re: memmem speedup

[Mike Frysinger]

On Saturday 05 January 2008, Eric Blake wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes:
> > on the topic of integrating it elsewhere ... the comment header states
> > that this is part of the GNU C library.
>
> The original, before my hacks, was a straight copy from glibc; so this is
> intended to be pushed back to glibc.
>
> >  if it were part of glibc, it would be
> > under the LGPL-2.1, but the comment header in gnulib states GPL-2.
>
> This is a recurring conversation on this list.  The license in the .c file
> is currently specified as the most restrictive that people tend to use, but
> the license line in the gnulib/modules/memmem file makes it clear that when
> you use gnulib-tool --lgpl --import memmem, you will get a copy of memmem.c
> with a LGPLv2+ license, as desired, without violating any licensing.

ah, sorry for the FAQ :x

> >  does that
> > mean memmem will not be released under the LGPL-2.1 and won't be merged
> > into glibc ?
>
> No - I fully intend for my implementation to be usable under LGPLv2+.  You
> should be more than welcome to use it in uClibc.

good stuff ... i'll take a stab then, thanks
-mike

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