Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 17821 invoked by uid 6000); 20 Apr 1998 23:57:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 17813 invoked from network); 20 Apr 1998 23:57:20 -0000 Received: from devsys.jagunet.com (206.156.208.6) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 20 Apr 1998 23:57:20 -0000 Received: (from jim@localhost) by devsys.jaguNET.com (8.8.8/jag-2.4) id TAA17380 for new-httpd@apache.org; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 19:57:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Jagielski Message-Id: <199804202357.TAA17380@devsys.jaguNET.com> Subject: Re: LGPL code in Apache? To: new-httpd@apache.org Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 19:57:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980420165632.008b4100@hyperreal.org> from "Brian Behlendorf" at Apr 20, 98 04:56:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > > In ap_snprintf.c: > > /* > * cvt.c - IEEE floating point formatting routines for FreeBSD > * from GNU libc-4.6.27. Modified to be thread safe. > */ > > Does the LGPL (which is what libc is under) allow for us to take it and put > it under the Apache copyright? What impact does that have on the use & > modification of this code by other people? I'm presuming that because it's > from FreeBSD, all it has is the advertising requirement; somehow, if > FreeBSD could handle the licensing issues then it's good enough for us, > given the similarities in licenses. Maybe this was discussed at one point... > Hmmm.... when I snagged the snprintf() stuff, I just checked with the Xinetd guys, who had the code to begin with, and they said it was cool to put it under the Apache license. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski ||| jim@jaguNET.com ||| http://www.jaguNET.com/ "That's no ordinary rabbit... that's the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever laid eyes on"