[uClibc] on using uclibc legally

[Erik Andersen]

On Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 12:54:04PM -0800, Xuehua Chen wrote:
> I have a queston about static linking my program to uclibc. I found
> the following from your website.
> 
>  "If you distribute an application which has uClibc statically linked,
> you must also make your application available as an object file which
> can later be re-linked against updated versions of uClibc. This will
> (in theory) allow your customers to apply uClibc bug fixes to your
> application. You do not need to make the application object file
> available to everyone, just to those you gave the fully linked
> application."
> 
> So is this the only requirement to link the uclibc statically? I want
> to create an package  with my obj file, a statically linked program,
> and a README stating that linking the obj with uclibc comes with the
> program. Is this legal?

That sounds correct to me.

> You guys did an excellent job. I compiled some codes and compared the
> size with the ones compiled with glibc and found big differences in
> sizes.

Thanks!

 -Erik

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