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Re: strcasestr() patch proposal


On Jun  7 10:57, Olivier Langlois wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have adapted and improved the glibc function strcasestr() for newlib and I
> would like to propose you the changes. The relevant changes are attached.

If you did that for Cygwin, then we have a problem here.  The function
is apparently licensed GPL.  Due to the dual-licensing of Cygwin, we
can't import functions which are GPLed or LGPLed in Cygwin.  Please
consider to license this function under a more liberate license like
BSD.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat


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