From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lj1-f179.google.com (mail-lj1-f179.google.com [209.85.208.179]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EA923851C09 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 21:30:27 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 0EA923851C09 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kegel.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=daniel.r.kegel@gmail.com Received: by mail-lj1-f179.google.com with SMTP id n23so15921798ljh.7 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:30:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ZTsLnT5cv60LHikQqAPqF5c1nIxrRDaxx8fKJqb63Xo=; b=F4Y518nFOpuZXoQVgC9bHNAZBZYqDdLdtF0c04AQXXGru2Td12uzQdmS5shQ8sSQpL iR1IK/ybnQKJJkQ4Tt2HrTyTVpYkpu+Ttcd3mVHBxG+lxKgpYrZ6Khh5orbfLxcqZKso 0Q6zSCubSY9ViRYTQmLBVXYPQlaFArbk4PDeAYM6gcR9AKCZwbIoiXFa2om0StEnLQS3 YibrXyGIZKz/ZkwKFkRoWy2wF+B+aGNdU9MWvp5ynJt7IInkXpVY/VUTeF5cUXs4UffV u1Df/J+Tav19uSvaquGuMEGMh7pKQfYnC70PnmkF7CFHuINYBA7DXOcyvMNa6uBj3zYY EeYQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531dIJyzR5c5fAeiF+9p3EffdNZ35wR9cv00cFVb49w7r3T8oXBJ wzRcVkiGrU1JigkHpURIYj3K9SO+IucZQbhDnDQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzHU04lqq24KCjDkqdm8yjkElD9KkJ5E3cw89oFumtAHr6cpynyB8M0tUHeXK/LGKr2uRKY/dLeIkwS+5cxmH8= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:8783:: with SMTP id n3mr4721023lji.317.1593379825673; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:30:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5mi16ToOmKbHHzMvKTD0udFdwCmoYjPuXctzSH_UmozoE7f8alBqX_Tkj8kN5ucN5lWr_1XWVRaaO4wPxIP6-AynE1BBZWnjqPfsXESzbwc=@protonmail.com> <7a9acf5a19ed7124f3c1a836e59d63e7cdb271f7.camel@mad-scientist.net> In-Reply-To: <7a9acf5a19ed7124f3c1a836e59d63e7cdb271f7.camel@mad-scientist.net> From: Dan Kegel Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:30:14 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: I'm really confuesd and frustrated Please Help To: paul@mad-scientist.net Cc: JacobK622 , gcc-help Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-help mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 21:30:29 -0000 No, I'm telling you that you are fine, you don't need to go looking. glibc is safe for commercial use as long as you don't do anything really unusual. - Dan On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 1:09 PM Paul Smith wrote: > > On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 19:53 +0000, JacobK622 via Gcc-help wrote: > > What I hoped to accomplish with my first email was to avoid having to > > go through each file in the standard c library and standard c++ > > library and determine what license each was under. If I'm reading > > Dan Kegel's suggestion correctly, I would actually end up doing more > > work rather than less, because I'd have to count lines of code of > > each function/method in each file. > > You only have to do that work if you aren't ready to believe our > assertions that it's not needed, and the intentions of the authors of > the GNU libc library to ensure that it's not needed, but instead need > to prove this to yourself empirically. > > > Paul Smith pointed out that nothing said here is legally binding nor > > "legal advice" and is nothing more than as he put it, "Advice from > > someone on the internet". I am fully aware of this fact. I'm not > > looking for a lawyer just some help solving my problem. > > As mentioned above, we've provided our opinions, which is all we can do > and what you have asked for. > > If that's good enough then you're all set and no more work needs to be > done. Remember, there are already _thousands_ of proprietary C and C++ > programs running on GNU/Linux platforms, all of which were compiled > with GCC and linked against GNU libc, and they are not having any legal > troubles related to this. > > If you need more than that, then yes, you'll have to do more work to > achieve whatever level of satisfaction you require. How much work that > is, is up to you and we can't help with that. > > Cheers! > >