Amusing article about busybox

Rich Felker dalias at aerifal.cx
Wed Feb 1 17:04:02 UTC 2012


On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 11:47:14AM +0100, walter harms wrote:
> Thx for the hint,
> i like the dump-source idea maybe someone can implement it :)
> it will increase size for nothing but the designer can always
> disable same parts of bb.

The dump-source option defeats the purpose Busybox is serving by
being GPL, which is forcing companies using embedded Linux to think
about GPL compliance and acting as a wedge to get them to open up
other components (like the kernel) if they're caught infringing. An
easy way to make their use of Busybox compliant without fixing the
other issues would just be a detriment.

Rich


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