> Yeah, probably. But the presence of packages like GNU libc can make it harder for the manufacturer to lock the device.
glibc is LGPL, so I don't see how that should change anything?
> (as it is a violation of GNU GPL).
IIRC it's a gray area.
glibc is LGPL, so I don't see how that should change anything?
> (as it is a violation of GNU GPL).
IIRC it's a gray area.
glibc requires libgcc[0], which is GPLv3 (with runtime exception). The same for libstdc++[1].
[0] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Libgcc.html [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html
The kernel really is the problem here and where there's no GPLv3 code used at all.