On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:16 AM, Attila Lendvai <attila.lend...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Great. But I think that I need to clarify this point first. The license > of > > MKCL is GNU LGPL v3 as stated in the Copyright file of the MKCL source > code > > base directory. There are a few exceptions to that in the MKCL source > code > > but they are for historical reasons and every new piece of work is > expected > > to be included under LGPL v3 terms. Therefore, you will have to > acknowledge > > your understanding of and agreement with this condition in some formal > way. > > (I think an email or a note with a pull request with a mention of it > should > > be enough). > > > i personally reject the whole notion of IP as merely a confused > justification for the use of violence against peaceful people... but i > can do the necessary steps: > > hereby i acknowledge that any contribution i will provide to the MKCL > project will fall under MKCL's LGPL v3 licence. > > Properly recorded, thanks! Sorry for that, I don't make the laws, I merely live under their rule... > > > Done. There is now a wiki page > > https://github.com/jcbeaudoin/MKCL/wiki/Port-to-Android for you to use. > > Please try to edit it a bit just to make sure there is no permission > issues. > > > i've edited it, it works. thanks! > Good. > > > > Last, the FFI is the biggest problem. It involves writing code in > > assembler with a careful study of the Linux ARM ABI used by Android. > > > how about libffi? can that solve the problem? > I have looked at it more than once along the years and I don't like the bloat it has come to be. So it is not much to my taste. And I expect it will be a major PITA when time comes to push the performance of the FFI as much as I want to do it. Also, I am currently reworking the FFI entirely anyway. I am not against learning from it though. > > -- > • attila lendvai > • PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 > -- > “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the > currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both > bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and > economic opportunists.” > ― Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), 'Notes on the Next War' (1935) >
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