[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] toybox: new package

Angelo Compagnucci angelo.compagnucci at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 07:52:56 UTC 2017


Dear Peter,

2017-01-26 8:48 GMT+01:00 Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>:
>>>>>> "Angelo" == Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>  >> So let me clarify: In the context of Buildroot, what would be the
>  >> technical reason to use toybox instead of busybox today? Please keep it
>  >> short.
>
>  > For me it's releated to licensing. IMHO it's important to have the
>  > freedom to choose between a copyleft/non copyleft license for such a
>  > vital component like busybox/toybox in an embedded linux distro.
>
> But busybox is licensed under the same license as the Linux kernel. What
> do you use instead of Linux?

I hope to not start a flame war here, but no one in the kernel world
has sued someone for the use of linux, for busybox instead ...

Sincerely, Angelo

>
> --
> Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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