On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 04:32:11PM +0000, bruce bushby wrote: > Hi > > Does the uClibc community cater for "special request" patches? > > I'm looking for a "posix_spawn" patch/files that I can apply before > compiling uClibc with "buildroot" > > Anyone interested? I'm assume there is no point in donating the results > because "posix_spawn" would already be there if it was deemed necessary.
Are you aware that uClibc is distributed only under the LGPL. This means that it's not your call whether donating the results would be appreciated; if you distribute a modified/improved version of the library as part of your application, you *must* distribute the corresponding source to whomever you distribute the binaries to and give them the same rights to these improvements under the LGPL. You can still hire someone to make the improvements, but you can't use the improvements in a binary-only project and refuse to disclose the source to the improvements. As an aside, however, posix_spawn can be implemented as a simple library on top of existing calls like fork (or vfork) and execve, without integrating it with the rest of libc. If you hired someone to do this, it would work with *any* libc, and I see no reason why you couldn't keep it closed-source if you really wanted. But considering it'd only be 100 LoC or so, I can't imagine why you wouldn't just donate it to improving uClibc... Rich _______________________________________________ uClibc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/uclibc
