Re: Innotek libc license & release issues (was Re: Re: [UnixOS2] libc)

Adrian Gschwend wrote:

[snip] 

> Talked to Achim on #netlabs today, the code will be released under
> LGPL. The development will be coordinated by Innotek at first. Patches
> and enhancements to the code are welcome but Innotek will keep the lead
> at first at least because they have a deal with IBM about it. So it's
> up to them to accept or refuse code. But in a long term (which means
> when the IBM deal is fulfilled) they will be "open for everything"
> (quoting Achim here).
> 
> We can expect code in about 1 - 2 weeks according to Achim.
> 
> I think this is great news for us and I am looking forward to the first
> release. If you have any more questions I might ask Achim again but
> please post to the UnixOS2 list, I'm not on EMX.

Do you know anybody who could give us a short overview what this
libc is supposed to be? E.g. what features does it support (NLS,
regex, ...), is it emx compatible in some sense, which standards
does it support (posix/bsd/sysV)? What's the "philosophy" behind it?


Bye,
Andreas