From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UDVNi-0008Hb-S5 for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:36:51 +0000 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:36:49 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20130307073649.GP1906@pengutronix.de> References: <20130306092643.GF4401@game.jcrosoft.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130306092643.GF4401@game.jcrosoft.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/20] introduce application support To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:26:43AM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > HI, > > this patch serie introduce the application support to barebox > > This will allow to run application at run time by calling barebox > syscalls and as this will be a stable ABI the application will able > the run against any barebox that support it > > As the application are not linked to barebox the GPLv2 licence does > not apply. > > This patch serie provide a small libc (partialy implemented) which is > under GPLv2 + exception > > As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros > or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it > with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not > by itself cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public > License. However the source code for this file must still be made available > in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License. > > This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on > this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. > > This also provide the curses support proted against the libary with some examples I'm fine with the app support in general, but I don't want to become the maintainer of a proprietary software helper framework. So, if you want curses and whatever stuff, create a separate repository for it. The barebox repository ends at the syscall interface and an example application for showing how to use it. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox