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Re: libc license



I believe the font size of the printed documentation is not specified...

I liked what Perry Metzger said about BSD vs 'other' licenses: "Instead of worrying that people are going to steal my code, with BSD, I *know* they will!"



On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 10:55 AM r0ller <r0ller%freemail.hu@localhost> wrote:
Hi All,

Thanks for the clarification!

Best regards,
r0ller

PS: If only the libc could be redistributed with 0BSD license, it would
have a big impact on the embedded use cases.

On 2023. 02. 10. 16:07, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Julian Coleman <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost> writes:
>
>> If you want to redistribute libc, you need to provide some way to display
>> the licences for every libc source file as part of the documentation for
>> the embedded device.
>
> I think it is acceptable to ship the device with a paper license.  There
> is no requirement that the device itself has to do the display.
> This license was written back in the days when you'd get a tape and a
> document explaining it.
>


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