android thread library ported to uclibc

matthieu castet castet.matthieu at free.fr
Wed Nov 19 20:07:53 UTC 2008


Rob Landley wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 16:02:29 matthieu castet wrote:
>>>> + *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>>>> + *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
>>>> + *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>>>> + *    distribution.
>> This isn't _with_advertising_clause_, LGPL/GPL got a similar clause (for
>> example if you ship a product with uClibc there should be a note
>> somewhere saying that it uses uClibc and it should quote LGPL license).
> 
> Actually, the FSF's interpretation seems to be that in the case of 
> GPL/LGPL, "other materials provided with the distribution" includes the 
> source code, so having it in the source code is sufficient.
> 
> Ok, makes sense.
> 
>> PS : I wonder if the thread lib name should be android or bionic.
> 
> Android indicates where you got it from, and is thus informative.  Where 
> did "bionic" come from?
> 
It is the android libc name : http://source.android.com/projects

Matthieu



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