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Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim
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Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:41:12 +0200 |
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Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Paolo Bonzini on 8/27/2008 6:54 AM:
>> Except that getndelim2 and memchr2 are GPL, while freadptr and freadseek
>> are LGPL (I assume v3+). Would it be okay to change all four to LGPLv2+?
>
> I'm okay with memchr2 being LGPLv2+; it does little more than memchr,
> which is a basic libc function. Since freadptr and freadseek pre-date the
> licensing switch, they should also be okay. The real question boils down
> to whether getndelim2 is okay as LGPLv2+, or whether it represents enough
> of a GNU extension to keep it GPL.
... and whether reusing its code in getdelim would still allow to make
getdelim LGPLv2+. Because if it does, the same argument ("it does
little more than...") applies to getndelim2.
I suggest going with my original patch.
Paolo
- [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Eric Blake, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Eric Blake, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Jim Meyering, 2008/08/28
- Re: getndelim2 license, Bruno Haible, 2008/08/28
- Re: getndelim2 license, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/29
- Re: getndelim2 license, Jim Meyering, 2008/08/29
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Simon Josefsson, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Simon Josefsson, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Simon Josefsson, 2008/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] use unlocked io in getdelim, Bruno Haible, 2008/08/28