[PATCH 0/2] mkfs.ubifs and libubiio

[Corentin Chary]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 12:21:47PM +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>These patchs will allow mkfs.ubifs to write the image directly
>>on an UBI volume.
>>libubiio adds a lot of code, but as it provide the same API the kernel
>>does we may export it latter as a shared library.
>
> Aside from mkfs.ubifs, are there other applications you envision using
> libubiio as a library?
Currently, we use also libubiio for uffs (wich will be GPL'ed when released).
I think it could also be used in some ubi utils, but it's not the case
right now.

> I ask because the code, as posted, is licensed under the GPL.  That
> isn't really bad per se, but it does have implications for applications
> that wish to link to it.
>
It's licensed under the GPL because a lot of code come from UBI, UBIFS
and mtd-tools, wich are GPL.

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