[uClibc] buildroot gcc-4 proposed changes

[Manuel Novoa III]

Hi Dan,

On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 09:15:28AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Manuel Novoa III wrote:
> >Given that the 2 months of work I contributed to busybox with a
> >dedication generated no donations of consequence, and all the time
> >I spent working on the kernel and wireless drivers for the wrt54g
> >generated nothing but whining and complaining when I asked for
> >donations up front, and given that I'm not aware of any significant
> >donations stemming from the dedication file I put in uClibc well over
> >a year ago, I'm forced to try to persuade commercial users of uClibc
> >to donate.
> >
> >I have no intention of limiting non-commercial use and plan to LGPL
> >the code once an amount is raised equivalent to what I would have
> >charged for the work.
> 
> Hi Manuel,
> you might check with the author of diet libc, who
> is doing something similar licensewise.  I think

Uh... no.  I'm still not over my last communication with Felix.  ;-)

> he's using the GPL for the library, and keeping
> full copyright so he can also sell proprietary

I'm aware.  In fact, before I started working on uClibc (5 years ago?)
I had briefly looked at dietlibc.

> licenses.  This might be a very good model for you,
> as it would make the new library both free (for
> GPL projects) and commercial (for commercial projects).

Actually, Erik and I was discussing something similar last night.

> I also urge you to promote yourself more as a
> contractor.  Perhaps you could subcontract for
> one of the established outfits that spun off
> from Cygnus...

I took a fulltime job 4 months ago that I'm quite happy with, and all
proceeds for the project in question would go to a non-profit hospice.

Thanks for the suggestions,

Manuel