Re: Static libraries in Fedora distribution (Was: Re: [Help Wanted] PPC64LE build for thrift)

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Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> [mode=kidding]
> So stop provide glibc-static and redirect those guys to /dev/tree in
> uClibc garden may be kind of "solution" how to block (easy way) violating
> LGPL ..
> [/mode]

I'm not kidding, and uClibc is also under the LGPL.

>> ucLibc has the same issue, by the way. musl (https://www.musl-libc.org/)
>> is a more reasonable choice for people who want to ship a statically-
>> linked> proprietary blob. And, unlike glibc, musl is also designed for
>> static linking.
>>
> 
> Hmm .. so probably this behavior was introduced in last few years.
> I'm 100% sure that decade ago was possible to produce uClibc based static
> binaries not affected by NSS ABI issue.

I am not talking about technical issues (which I think do NOT affect uClibc, 
it is designed for static linking more than glibc is), but purely about 
licensing.

        Kevin Kofler
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