Not on libbusybox.so: it's GPL, no API barrier, no stability promise.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 204821091..0afc34a94 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FULL_LIBBUSYBOX
           used by busybox itself. If you plan to write a separate
           standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
 
+          Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
+          might act as a copyright barrier.  We can and will modify the
+          exported function set between releases (even minor version number
+          changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
+
           Say 'N' if in doubt.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX