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Examples of "busybox"
Programs included in
BusyBox
can be run simply by adding their name as an argument to the
BusyBox
executable:
BusyBox
includes by default a lightweight version of netcat.
Sharing of the common code, along with routines written with size-optimization in mind, can make a
BusyBox
system much smaller than a system built with the corresponding full versions of the utilities replaced by
BusyBox
. Research that compared GNU,
BusyBox
, asmutils and Perl implementations of the standard Unix commands showed that in some situations
BusyBox
may perform faster than other implementations, but not always.
Toybox is licensed using the permissive BSD license, where
BusyBox
uses the copyleft GNU General Public License, which lead to different usage domains.
Busybox
is mostly used in the copyleft FOSS domain, while Toybox is used mostly with permissive licensed projects and by commercial companies (e.g. Google's Android which is an explicit target of toybox). Feature-wise Toybox has not reached parity with
Busybox
, Toybox offers currently only a subset of the
Busybox
functionality.
In 2007 Conservancy started coordinated GPL compliance and enforcement actions, primarily for the
BusyBox
project, see
BusyBox
GPL lawsuits. Later, the
BusyBox
maintainer Rob Landley who initially supported these lawsuits, regretted his decision and criticized the suing practice of the SFC.
It is included in GNU Core Utilities,
Busybox
and Toybox.
In late 2007, the
BusyBox
developers and the Software Freedom Law Center embarked upon a program to gain GPL compliance from distributors of
BusyBox
in embedded systems, suing those who would not comply. These were claimed to be the first US uses of courts for enforcement of GPL obligations. "See"
BusyBox
GPL lawsuits.
In early 2006 Toybox was started by Rob Landley after he ended his
BusyBox
maintainership due to a dispute with Bruce Perens, the original creator of
BusyBox
. In 2008 the project went dormant.
On December 14, 2009, SFLC announced the filing of a lawsuit against 14 companies, including Best Buy, Samsung, and Westinghouse alleging these companies had violated GPLv2 by distributing
BusyBox
in some of their products without releasing
BusyBox
source code.
Starting in 2007, several lawsuits were filed for infringement of
BusyBox
copyright and licensing. These lawsuits were filed by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), and some of the later managing developers of
BusyBox
.
The official
BusyBox
documentation lists an overview of the available commands and their command-line options.
Busybox
would see that its "name" is "ls" and act like the "ls" program.
BusyBox
is used by several operating systems running on embedded systems.
The
BusyBox
Web site provides a full list of the utilities implemented.
Toybox aims to provide a BSD licensed replacement for the GPL licensed
Busybox
.
BusyBox
v1.14.2 (2009-07-29 17:47:47 PDT) multi-call binary
The G604T runs MontaVista and
busybox
Linux which allows a degree of customisation with customised firmware.
Several custom ROMs have been created adding various features, including EXT2/3/4 file system support and
Busybox
preinstallation.
floppyfw was a Linux distribution running
BusyBox
to provide a firewall/gateway/router on a single bootable floppy disk.
LEAF distributions typically include software designed to be economical in executable size, such as shorewall, uClibc, dropbear and
busybox
.