[illumos-Discuss] interesting projects available

[Garrett D'Amore]

Btw, in retrospect I agree with the idea that we should avoid gnu code (or rather GPL code) in the foundation.   It would be good to be able to build an embedded system that is free from gpl obligations.

Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote:

>"Garrett D'Amore" <garrett at nexenta.com> wrote:
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>> c) iconv -- perhaps we can use GNU version?   (Though truth be told, I'd 
>> prefer to have a different implementation,  just because its good for 
>> there to be at least one other implementation on the planet in use.)
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>I would like to avoid any GNU code in the basic OS.
>
>Let me start with some questions:
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>1)	Is my first impression correct that we have the "complete" iconf
>	code sources in libc?
>
>2)	How could we get missing files from /usr/lib/iconv?
>
>3)	Is there anybody who has more in depth knowledge on this topic?
>
>Writing an iconf program that does not need to implement the -l option
>may be relatively simple....
>
>> d) kbdcomp -- seems to share code with iconv?
>
>Good question, do you know the purpose of this program?
>
>Jörg
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