Joerg Schilling writes:
> Maybe, it was the same reason, why I did not get an answer on the
> question why something simple like fnmatch.c from libc is still not
> available as source.

It is (like all of the special libc i18n code) encumbered.  This is
documented in the README file for libc, visible here:

  http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/lib/libc/

It's not a question of "simplicity," but rather of licensing issues.

In general, when there are licensing problems that actually prohibit
us from releasing something as open source, we often also cannot talk
about the details of those licenses and what specific issue causes the
problem.  I hope you weren't asking for details of the legal issues.
Those details are just not public information.

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