Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to use the gethostname module in libvirt (LGPLv2+), > for use when building for mingw. > > Considering the size of the module (trivial, 10-line gethostname function > and minimal gethostname.m4), would anyone object to relaxing its license > from LGPL to LGPLv2+? > > This is mainly to avoid gnulib's link-time warning: > > ...: undefined reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > In this particular case, gethostname is essentially a no-op, > and always returns the empty string, since mingw > has no uname function, and in that case, gethostname's > body reverts to this: > > strcpy (name, ""); /* Hardcode your system name if you want. > */
FWIW, I think it would be useful to have it as LGPLv2+ as well. /Simon
