should all BB code be GPL?

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Tue Jul 11 11:18:33 UTC 2006


On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Tito wrote:
...
> You will find the same header also in:
>
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/correct_password.c (rewritten: patch pending, and a new one I'm working on now but not ready yet)
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/pwd2spwd.c (to be removed: patch pending)
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/restricted_shell.c
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/run_shell.c
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/setup_environment.c
>
> it was also in:
>
> file:///root/Desktop/busybox.orig/libbb/obscure.c
> but this one was already rewritten and is now GPL.

ok, but i'm still unclear -- should all code in BB be GPL?  including
examples such as libbb/correct_password.c that make no mention of GPL
but, rather, show a copyright plus "All rights reserved."

rday



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