linux-kernel - Re: ANN: libseccomp

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Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2012 16:14:15 -0400
From:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	libseccomp-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: ANN: libseccomp

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:02 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 12:25 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>>
>> Do you think the GPLv2 license will limit adoption of it's usage across
>> a wider variety of software projects?  I'm not anti-GPL by any means
>> but I am slightly surprised libseccomp is using it.
>>
>> josh
>
> Yes, on the surface of it this would seem more like LGPL material.
>
> Other than that, very much needed!

Agreed on both points.  I only brought this up now as it's very early
in the project's lifetime.  If a relicense were to happen it would be
better to do it before a larger number of developers started
contributing to the project.

josh
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