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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busybox" title="Busybox – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Busybox" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="بیزی‌باکس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بیزی‌باکس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%95%EC%8A%A4" title="비지박스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="비지박스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busybox" title="Busybox – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Busybox" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox" title="BusyBox – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="BusyBox" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png/220px-Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png/330px-Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png/440px-Kuvakaappaus_-_2024-03-15_08-49-28.png 2x" data-file-width="1895" data-file-height="406" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Erik Andersen,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rob Landley,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denys Vlasenko<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">November 4, 1999<span class="noprint">; 25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999-11-04</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.36.1<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-a9e8f08c46ce4baab9a8006aae585aa35d690216-v18_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-a9e8f08c46ce4baab9a8006aae585aa35d690216-v18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620558?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 19 May 2023</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://git.busybox.net/busybox">git<wbr />.busybox<wbr />.net<wbr />/busybox</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620558#P1324" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/File_size" title="File size">Size</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2.1 MB (compressed "tar.bz2")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linux_on_embedded_systems" title="Linux on embedded systems">Linux on embedded systems</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Linux_for_mobile_devices" title="Linux for mobile devices">Linux for mobile devices</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Since 1.3.0: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a><sup id="cite_ref-busybox1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busybox1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Until 1.2.2.1: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://busybox.net">busybox<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BusyBox</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Software_suite" title="Software suite">software suite</a> that provides several <a href="/wiki/List_of_Unix_commands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Unix commands">Unix utilities</a> in a single <a href="/wiki/Executable_file" class="mw-redirect" title="Executable file">executable file</a>. It runs in a variety of <a href="/wiki/POSIX" title="POSIX">POSIX</a> environments such as <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although many of the tools it provides are designed to work with interfaces provided by the <a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux kernel</a>. It was specifically created for embedded operating systems with very limited resources. The authors dubbed it "The <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Army_knife" title="Swiss Army knife">Swiss Army knife</a> of <a href="/wiki/Linux_on_embedded_systems" title="Linux on embedded systems">Embedded Linux</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the single executable replaces basic functions of more than 300 common commands. It is released as <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License v2</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-busybox1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busybox1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after controversially deciding not to move to <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_3" title="GNU General Public License">version 3</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally written by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a> in 1995 and declared complete for his intended usage in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BusyBox initially aimed to put a complete <a href="/wiki/Booting" title="Booting">bootable</a> system on a single <a href="/wiki/Floppy_disk" title="Floppy disk">floppy disk</a> that would serve both as a rescue disk and as an <a href="/wiki/Installation_(computer_programs)#Installer" title="Installation (computer programs)">installer</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> distribution. Since that time, it has been extended to become the <a href="/wiki/De_facto_standard" title="De facto standard">de facto standard</a> core <a href="/wiki/User_space" class="mw-redirect" title="User space">user space</a> toolset for embedded Linux devices and Linux distribution installers. Since each Linux executable requires several kilobytes of overhead, having the BusyBox program combine over two hundred programs together often saves substantial disk space and system memory. </p><p>BusyBox was maintained by Enrique Zanardi and focused on the needs of the Debian <a href="/wiki/Boot_disk" title="Boot disk">boot-floppies</a> installer system until early 1998, when Dave Cinege took it over for the <a href="/wiki/Linux_Router_Project" title="Linux Router Project">Linux Router Project</a> (LRP). Cinege made several additions, created a modularized build environment, and shifted BusyBox's focus into general high-level <a href="/wiki/Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">embedded systems</a>. As LRP development slowed down in 1999, Erik Andersen, then of <a href="/wiki/Lineo" title="Lineo">Lineo, Inc.</a>, took over the project and became the official maintainer between December 1999 and March 2006. During this time the Linux embedded marketplace exploded in growth, and BusyBox matured greatly, expanding both its user base and functionality. Rob Landley became the maintainer in 2005 until late 2006, then Denys Vlasenko took over as the current maintainer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GPLv2/GPLv3_controversies"><span id="GPLv2.2FGPLv3_controversies"></span>GPLv2/GPLv3 controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: GPLv2/GPLv3 controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2006, after heavy discussions and controversies between project maintainer Rob Landley and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PERENS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PERENS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the BusyBox<sup id="cite_ref-busybusy_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busybusy-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> project decided against adopting the GNU General Public License Version 3 (<a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_3" title="GNU General Public License">GPLv3</a>); the BusyBox license was clarified as being <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_2" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since October 2006, Denys Vlasenko has taken over maintainership of BusyBox from Rob Landley, who has started <a href="/wiki/Toybox" title="Toybox">Toybox</a>, also as a result of the license controversies.<sup id="cite_ref-busybusy_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busybusy-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GPL_lawsuits">GPL lawsuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: GPL lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 2007, BusyBox also came to prominence for actively prosecuting violations of the terms of its license (the GPL) in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of New York">United States District Court for the Southern District of New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-softwarefreedom2007_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-softwarefreedom2007-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>What was claimed to be the first US <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">lawsuit</a> over a GPL violation concerned use of BusyBox in an <a href="/wiki/Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">embedded device</a>. The lawsuit,<sup id="cite_ref-softwarefreedom2007_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-softwarefreedom2007-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> case 07-CV-8205, was filed on September 20, 2007, by the <a href="/wiki/Software_Freedom_Law_Center" title="Software Freedom Law Center">Software Freedom Law Center</a> (SFLC) on behalf of Andersen and Landley against <a href="/wiki/Monsoon_Multimedia" title="Monsoon Multimedia">Monsoon Multimedia</a> Inc., after BusyBox code was discovered in a <a href="/wiki/Firmware" title="Firmware">firmware</a> upgrade and attempts to contact the company had apparently failed. The case was settled with release of the Monsoon version of the source and payment of an undisclosed amount of money to Andersen and Landley.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 21, 2007, the SFLC brought two similar lawsuits on behalf of Andersen and Landley against two more companies, Xterasys (case 07-CV-10455) and High-Gain Antennas (case 07-CV-10456).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Xterasys case was settled on December 17 for release of source code used and an undisclosed payment,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the High-Gain Antennas case on March 6, 2008, for active license compliance and an undisclosed payment.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 7, 2007, a case was brought against <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon Communications</a> over its distribution of firmware for Actiontec routers;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this case was settled March 17, 2008 on condition of license compliance, appointment of an officer to oversee future compliance with free software licenses, and payment of an undisclosed sum.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further suits were brought on June 9, 2008, against Bell Microproducts (case 08-CV-5270) and <a href="/wiki/SuperMicro" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperMicro">SuperMicro</a> (case 08-CV-5269),<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Super Micro case being settled on July 23, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BusyBox and Bell Microproducts also settled out of court on October 17.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 14, 2009, a new lawsuit was filed naming fourteen defendants including <a href="/wiki/Best_Buy" title="Best Buy">Best Buy</a>, <a href="/wiki/JVC" title="JVC">JVC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2010 <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> released its LN52A650 TV firmware under GPLv2,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was used later as a reference by the <a href="/wiki/SamyGO" title="SamyGO">SamyGO</a> community project.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On about August 3, 2010, BusyBox won from Westinghouse a default judgement of <a href="/wiki/Treble_damages" title="Treble damages">triple damages</a> of $90,000 and lawyers' costs and fees of $47,865, and possession of "presumably a lot of high-def TVs" as infringing equipment in the lawsuit <a href="/wiki/Software_Freedom_Conservancy" title="Software Freedom Conservancy">Software Freedom Conservancy</a> v. Best Buy, et al., the GPL infringement case noted in the paragraph above.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No other developers, including original author Bruce Perens and maintainer Dave Cinege, were represented in these actions or party to the settlements. On December 15, 2009, Perens released a statement expressing his unhappiness with some aspects of the legal situation, and in particular alleged that the current BusyBox developers "appear to have removed some of the copyright statements of other BusyBox developers, and appear to have altered license statements".<sup id="cite_ref-PERENS_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PERENS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BusyBox can be customized to provide a subset of over two hundred utilities. It can provide most of the utilities specified in the <a href="/wiki/Single_Unix_Specification" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Unix Specification">Single Unix Specification</a> (SUS) plus many others that a user would expect to see on a Linux system. BusyBox uses the <a href="/wiki/Almquist_shell" title="Almquist shell">Almquist shell</a>, also known as A Shell, ash and sh.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An alternative for customization is the smaller 'hush' shell. "Msh" and "lash" used to be available.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As it is a complete bootstrap system, it will further replace the <a href="/wiki/Init" title="Init">init daemon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Udev" title="Udev">udev</a> (or the latter-day <a href="/wiki/Systemd" title="Systemd">systemd</a>) using itself to be called as <i>init</i> on startup and <i>mdev</i> at hotplug time. </p><p>The BusyBox website provides a full list of the utilities implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_binary">Single binary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Single binary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Typical computer programs have a separate <a href="/wiki/Binary_file" title="Binary file">binary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Executable" title="Executable">executable</a>) file for each application. BusyBox is a single binary, which is a conglomerate of many applications, each of which can be accessed by calling the single BusyBox binary with various names (supported by having a <a href="/wiki/Symbolic_link" title="Symbolic link">symbolic link</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hard_link" title="Hard link">hard link</a> for each different name)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a specific manner with appropriate arguments. </p><p>BusyBox benefits from the single binary approach, as it reduces the overhead introduced by the executable file format (typically <a href="/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format" title="Executable and Linkable Format">ELF</a>), and it allows code to be shared between multiple applications without requiring a <a href="/wiki/Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)">library</a>. This technique is similar to what is provided by the <i>crunchgen</i><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> command in <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a>, the difference being that BusyBox provides simplified versions of the utilities (for example, an <samp>ls</samp> command without file sorting ability), while a crunchgen generated sum of all the utilities would offer the fully functional versions. </p><p>Sharing of the common code, along with routines written with size-optimization in mind, can make a BusyBox system use much less storage space than a system built with the corresponding full versions of the utilities replaced by BusyBox. Research<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that compared <a href="/wiki/GNU" title="GNU">GNU</a>, BusyBox, <a href="/wiki/Asmutils" title="Asmutils">asmutils</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perl" title="Perl">Perl</a> implementations of the standard Unix commands showed that in some situations BusyBox may perform faster than other implementations, but not always. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commands">Commands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The official BusyBox documentation lists an overview of the available commands and their command-line options. </p><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <p><b>List of BusyBox commands<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li>acpid</li> <li>adduser</li> <li>adjtimex</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almquist_shell" title="Almquist shell">ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ar_(Unix)" title="Ar (Unix)">ar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol" title="Address Resolution Protocol">arp</a> — The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arping" title="Arping">arping</a> — Send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host</li> <li>ash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basename" title="Basename">basename</a> — Return non-directory portion of a pathname removing suffix.</li> <li>beep</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blkid" class="mw-redirect" title="Blkid">blkid</a> — Print type, label and UUID of filesystem on a block device or image.</li> <li>brctl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bunzip2</a> — Decompress bzip2 files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzcat</a> — Decompress bzip2 files to stdout.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a> — Create bzip2 compressed files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_(command)" title="Cal (command)">cal</a> — Print a calendar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_(Unix)" title="Cat (Unix)">cat</a> — Print content of one or more files to stdout.</li> <li>catv</li> <li>chat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattr" title="Chattr">chattr</a> — Change file attributes on a Linux file system.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chgrp" title="Chgrp">chgrp</a> — Change group of one or more files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chmod" title="Chmod">chmod</a> — Change mode of listed files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chown" title="Chown">chown</a> — Change owner of one or more files.</li> <li>chpasswd</li> <li>chpst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chroot" title="Chroot">chroot</a> — Run command within a new root directory.</li> <li>chrt</li> <li>chvt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cksum" title="Cksum">cksum</a> — For each file, output crc32 checksum value, length and name of file.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_(Unix)" title="Clear (Unix)">clear</a> — Clear the screen.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cmp_(Unix)" title="Cmp (Unix)">cmp</a> — Compare the contents of two files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comm" title="Comm">comm</a> — Select or reject lines common to two files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cp_(Unix)" title="Cp (Unix)">cp</a> — Copy files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cpio" title="Cpio">cpio</a> — Copy files into and out of a "newc" format cpio archive.</li> <li>crond</li> <li>crontab</li> <li>cryptpw</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_(Unix)" title="Cut (Unix)">cut</a> — Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Date (Unix)">date</a> — Set/get the current date/time.</li> <li>dc</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dd_(Unix)" title="Dd (Unix)">dd</a> — Copy a file with converting and formatting.</li> <li>deallocvt</li> <li>delgroup</li> <li>deluser</li> <li>depmod</li> <li>devmem</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Df_(Unix)" title="Df (Unix)">df</a> — Print filesystem usage statistics.</li> <li>dhcprelay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diff" title="Diff">diff</a> — Compare two files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirname" title="Dirname">dirname</a> — Show directory portion of path.</li> <li>dnsd</li> <li>dnsdomainname</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dos2unix" class="mw-redirect" title="Dos2unix">dos2unix</a> — Convert newline format from dos "\r\n" to unix "\n".</li> <li>dpkg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du_(Unix)" title="Du (Unix)">du</a> — Show disk usage, space consumed by files and directories.</li> <li>dumpkmap</li> <li>dumpleases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echo_(command)" title="Echo (command)">echo</a> — Display a specified line of text.</li> <li>ed</li> <li>eject</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Env" title="Env">env</a> — Set the environment for command invocation, or list environment variables.</li> <li>envdir</li> <li>envuidgid</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expand_(Unix)" title="Expand (Unix)">expand</a> — Expand tabs to spaces according to tabstops.</li> <li>expr</li> <li>fakeidentd</li> <li>false</li> <li>fbset</li> <li>fbsplash</li> <li>fdflush</li> <li>fdformat</li> <li>fdisk</li> <li>find</li> <li>findfs</li> <li>flash_lock</li> <li>flash_unlock</li> <li>fold</li> <li>free</li> <li>freeramdisk</li> <li>fsck.minix</li> <li>fsck</li> <li>fsync</li> <li>ftpd</li> <li>ftpget</li> <li>ftpput</li> <li>fuser</li> <li>getopt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getty_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Getty (Unix)">getty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grep" title="Grep">grep</a> — Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.</li> <li>gunzip — Compressed file expansion.</li> <li>gzip — File compression.</li> <li>hd</li> <li>hdparm</li> <li>head</li> <li>hexdump</li> <li>hostid</li> <li>hostname</li> <li>httpd — <a href="/wiki/Web_server" title="Web server">HTTP server daemon</a></li> <li>hush</li> <li>hwclock</li> <li>id</li> <li>ifconfig</li> <li>ifdown</li> <li>ifenslave</li> <li>ifplugd</li> <li>ifup</li> <li>inetd</li> <li>inotifyd</li> <li>insmod</li> <li>install</li> <li>ionice</li> <li>ip</li> <li>ipaddr</li> <li>ipcalc</li> <li>ipcrm</li> <li>ipcs</li> <li>iplink</li> <li>iproute</li> <li>iprule</li> <li>iptunnel</li> <li>kbd_mode</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kill_(command)" title="Kill (command)">kill</a> — Send a signal to a process.</li> <li>killall</li> <li>klogd</li> <li>last</li> <li>length</li> <li>less</li> <li>linux32</li> <li>linux64</li> <li>linuxrc</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ln_(Unix)" title="Ln (Unix)">ln</a> — Create a link named LINK_NAME or DIRECTORY to the specified TARGET.</li> <li>loadfont</li> <li>loadkmap</li> <li>logger</li> <li>login — Begin a new session on the system</li> <li>logname</li> <li>logread</li> <li>losetup</li> <li>lpd</li> <li>lpq</li> <li>lpr</li> <li>ls — List of files or folders</li> <li>lsattr</li> <li>lsmod</li> <li>lzmacat</li> <li>lzop</li> <li>lzopcat</li> <li>makemime</li> <li>man</li> <li>md5sum</li> <li>mdev — akin to udev</li> <li>mesg</li> <li>microcom</li> <li>mkdir — Create a folder</li> <li>mkdosfs</li> <li>mkfifo</li> <li>mkfs.minix</li> <li>mkfs.vfat</li> <li>mknod</li> <li>mkpasswd</li> <li>mkswap</li> <li>mktemp</li> <li>modprobe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_(command)" title="More (command)">more</a> — View FILE or standard input one screen-full at a time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_(Unix)" title="Mount (Unix)">mount</a> — Mount file systems</li> <li>mountpoint</li> <li>mt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mv_(Unix)" title="Mv (Unix)">mv</a> — move file</li> <li>nameif</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netcat" title="Netcat">nc</a> — networking Swiss army knife.</li> <li>netstat — Display networking information.</li> <li>nice</li> <li>nmeter</li> <li>nohup</li> <li>nslookup</li> <li>ntpc</li> <li>ntpsync</li> <li>nvram</li> <li>od</li> <li>openvt</li> <li>passwd</li> <li>patch</li> <li>pgrep</li> <li>pidof — List PIDs of all processes with names that match NAMEs</li> <li>ping6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ping_(networking_utility)" title="Ping (networking utility)">ping</a> — Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts</li> <li>pipe_progress</li> <li>pivot_root</li> <li>pkill</li> <li>popmaildir</li> <li>printenv</li> <li>printf</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ps_(Unix)" title="Ps (Unix)">ps</a> — Report process status</li> <li>pscan</li> <li>pwd — Print working directory</li> <li>raidautorun</li> <li>rdate</li> <li>rdev</li> <li>readlink</li> <li>readprofile</li> <li>reformime</li> <li>renice</li> <li>reset</li> <li>resize</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rm_(Unix)" title="Rm (Unix)">rm</a> — Erase file</li> <li>rmdir — Remove directory</li> <li>rmmod</li> <li>route</li> <li>rpm</li> <li>rstats — Copyright of BusyBox</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rx_(UNIX)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rx (UNIX) (page does not exist)">rx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Script_(Unix)" title="Script (Unix)">script</a></li> <li>scriptreplay</li> <li>sed — Text stream editor</li> <li>sendmail</li> <li>seq</li> <li>setarch</li> <li>setconsole</li> <li>setfont</li> <li>sh</li> <li>sha1sum — Compute and check SHA-1 message digest</li> <li>sha256sum — Compute and check SHA-256 message digest</li> <li>sha512sum</li> <li>showkey</li> <li>slattach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleep_(command)" title="Sleep (command)">sleep</a> — Suspend program execution for a specified time</li> <li>softlimit</li> <li>sort</li> <li>split</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stat_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stat (Unix)">stat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strings_(Unix)" title="Strings (Unix)">strings</a></li> <li>stty — Change and print terminal line settings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_(Unix)" title="Su (Unix)">su</a> — Execute commands with privileges of another user account</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sum_(Unix)" title="Sum (Unix)">sum</a> — Checksum and count blocks in a file</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sv_(UNIX)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sv (UNIX) (page does not exist)">sv</a></li> <li>switch_root</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sync_(Unix)" title="Sync (Unix)">sync</a> — Write all buffered file system blocks to disk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tac_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tac (Unix)">tac</a> — Concatenate and print files in reverse line order</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tail_(Unix)" title="Tail (Unix)">tail</a> — Output last of file</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tar_(computing)" title="Tar (computing)">tar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tee_(command)" title="Tee (command)">tee</a> — Send output to multiple files</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_(Unix)" title="Test (Unix)">test</a> — Built-in evaluation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_(Unix)" title="Time (Unix)">time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_(software)" title="Top (software)">top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_(command)" title="Touch (command)">touch</a> — Update the last-modified date on the given FILE[s]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr_(Unix)" title="Tr (Unix)">tr</a> — Translate or delete characters</li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_and_false_(commands)" title="True and false (commands)">true</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_emulator" title="Terminal emulator">tty</a></li> <li>udhcpc — Small DHCP client</li> <li>umount — Unmount file systems</li> <li>uname — Display system information</li> <li>uptime — Tell how long the system has been running.</li> <li>uudecode</li> <li>uuencode</li> <li>usleep — Pause for N [microseconds]</li> <li>vconfig — VLAN (802.1q) configuration program</li> <li>vlock — Virtual Console lock program</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vi_(text_editor)" title="Vi (text editor)">vi</a> — (visual) Edit FILE</li> <li>volname — Return volume name</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watch_(Unix)" class="mw-redirect" title="Watch (Unix)">watch</a> — Execute a program periodically</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchdog_(software_watchdog_daemon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watchdog (software watchdog daemon) (page does not exist)">watchdog</a> — Software watchdog daemon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wc_(Unix)" title="Wc (Unix)">wc</a> — Word, line, and byte or character count</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Which_(command)" title="Which (command)">which</a> — Shows the full path of (shell) commands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who_(Unix)" title="Who (Unix)">who</a> — Display who is on the system</li> <li>whoami — Print effective userid</li> <li>xargs — Construct argument lists and invoke utility</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yes_(Unix)" title="Yes (Unix)">yes</a> — to print a string repetitively</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gzip#gunzip_and_zcat" title="Gzip">zcat</a> — Uncompress to stdout</li></ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/BusyBox" title="Special:EditPage/BusyBox">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Programs included in BusyBox can be run simply by adding their name as an argument to the BusyBox executable: </p> <dl><dd><code>/bin/busybox ls</code></dd></dl> <p>More commonly, the desired command names are linked (using <a href="/wiki/Hard_link" title="Hard link">hard</a> or <a href="/wiki/Symbolic_link" title="Symbolic link">symbolic</a> links) to the BusyBox executable; BusyBox reads <a href="/wiki/Argv" class="mw-redirect" title="Argv">argv[0]</a> to find the name by which it is called, and runs the appropriate command, for example just </p> <dl><dd><code>/bin/ls</code></dd></dl> <p>after <i>/bin/ls</i> is linked to <i>/bin/busybox</i>. This works because the first argument passed to a program is the name used for the program call, in this case the argument would be "/bin/ls". BusyBox would see that its "name" is "ls" and act like the "ls" program. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appliances_and_reception">Appliances and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Appliances and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BusyBox is used by several operating systems running on <a href="/wiki/Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">embedded systems</a> and is an essential component of distributions such as <a href="/wiki/OpenWrt" title="OpenWrt">OpenWrt</a>, <a href="/wiki/OpenEmbedded" title="OpenEmbedded">OpenEmbedded</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Yocto_Project" title="Yocto Project">Yocto Project</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Buildroot" title="Buildroot">Buildroot</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus" title="Sharp Zaurus">Sharp Zaurus</a> utilizes BusyBox extensively for ordinary <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> tasks performed on the system's shell.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BusyBox is also an essential component of <a href="/wiki/VMware_ESXi" title="VMware ESXi">VMware ESXi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiny_Core_Linux" title="Tiny Core Linux">Tiny Core Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/SliTaz" title="SliTaz">SliTaz</a> 5(Rolling), and <a href="/wiki/Alpine_Linux" title="Alpine Linux">Alpine Linux</a>, all of which are not embedded distributions. </p><p>It is necessary for several root applications on Android and is also preinstalled with some "1 Tap Root" solutions such as <a href="/wiki/Kingo_Root" title="Kingo Root">Kingo Root</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy_over_Toybox">Controversy over Toybox</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Controversy over Toybox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Toybox" title="Toybox">Toybox</a> was started early 2006 under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a> license by former BusyBox maintainer Rob Landley as a result of the controversies around GPLv3/GPLv2 discussions. At the end of 2011<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was relicensed under the <a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD-2-Clause</a> license after the project went dormant.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2013, it was relicensed again under the <a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">0BSD</a> license.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 11, 2012, Tim Bird, a <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> employee, suggested creating an alternative to BusyBox which would not be under the GNU General Public License. He suggested it be based on the dormant Toybox.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2012 the proposal of creating a <a href="/wiki/BSD_license" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD license">BSD licensed</a> alternative to the GPL licensed BusyBox project drew harsh criticism from <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Garrett" title="Matthew Garrett">Matthew Garrett</a> for taking away the only relevant tool for <a href="/wiki/Copyright_enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Copyright enforcement">copyright enforcement</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Software_Freedom_Conservancy" title="Software Freedom Conservancy">Software Freedom Conservancy</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The starter of BusyBox based lawsuits, Rob Landley, responded that this was intentional as he came to the conclusion that the lawsuits resulted not in the hoped for positive outcomes and he wanted to stop them <i>"in whatever way I see fit"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BusyBox&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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href="/wiki/Ethtool" title="Ethtool">ethtool</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/README.html">sbase</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://git.suckless.org/ubase/file/README.html">ubase</a>, intended to form a base system similar to busybox but much smaller</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tools.suckless.org/9base/">9base</a>, a port of various original Plan 9 tools for Unix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heirloom_Project" title="Heirloom Project">The Heirloom Toolchest</a>, a collection of standard Unix utilities derived from original Unix material</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_on_embedded_systems" title="Linux on embedded systems">Linux on embedded systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_for_mobile_devices" title="Linux for mobile devices">Linux for mobile devices</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">"Erik Andersen's Homepage"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100613073438/http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Archived</a> from the original on June 13, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 23,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Erik+Andersen%27s+Homepage&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codepoet.org%2Fandersen%2Ferik%2Ferik.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://landley.net/code/">Active Projects</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100729022314/http://landley.net/code/">Archived</a> July 29, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Rob Landley's website</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://busybox.net/~vda/resume/denys_vlasenko.htm">Denys Vlasenko</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170905194844/https://busybox.net/~vda/resume/denys_vlasenko.htm">Archived</a> September 5, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, BusyBox maintainer</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103508/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2009/busybox-complaint-2009-12-14.pdf">"busybox-complaint-2009-12-14"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 30,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=busybox-complaint-2009-12-14&rft.pub=Software+Freedom+Law+Center&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarefreedom.org%2Fresources%2F2009%2Fbusybox-complaint-2009-12-14.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wikidata-a9e8f08c46ce4baab9a8006aae585aa35d690216-v18-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wikidata-a9e8f08c46ce4baab9a8006aae585aa35d690216-v18_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://busybox.net/news.html">"BusyBox 1.36.1 (stable)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BusyBox+1.36.1+%28stable%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbusybox.net%2Fnews.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-busybox1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-busybox1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-busybox1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.busybox.net/license.html">"BusyBox"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224052830/https://www.busybox.net/license.html">Archived</a> from the original on February 24, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 29,</span> 2021</span>. <q>From changelog: <i>This is the last release of BusyBox under the old "GPLv2 or later" dual license. Future versions (containing changes after svn 16112) will just be GPLv2 only, without the "or later".</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=busybox-1.2.2.1.tar.bz2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbusybox.net%2Fdownloads%2Fbusybox-1.2.2.1.tar.bz2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBitCubate_X" class="citation web cs1">BitCubate X. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=busybox.lite&hl=en">"BusyBox Classic"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221027123436/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=busybox.lite&hl=en">Archived</a> from the original on October 27, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 23,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+slogan+for+%27The+Swiss+Army+Knife+of+Embedded+Linux%27+source&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.busybox.net%2Fabout.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLandley" class="citation web cs1">Landley, Rob. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://busybox.net/~landley/forensics.txt">"BusyBox forensic analysis"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(TXT)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201514/https://busybox.net/~landley/forensics.txt">Archived</a> from the original on October 25, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 11,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BusyBox+forensic+analysis&rft.aulast=Landley&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbusybox.net%2F~landley%2Fforensics.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PERENS-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PERENS_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PERENS_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBruce_Perens2009" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a> (December 15, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220044135/http://perens.com/blog/2009/12/15/23/">"Statement on Busybox Lawsuits"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://perens.com/blog/2009/12/15/23/">the original</a> on December 20, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Statement+on+Busybox+Lawsuits&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.au=Bruce+Perens&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fperens.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2F23%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-busybusy-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-busybusy_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-busybusy_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorbet2006" class="citation web cs1">Corbet, Jonathan (October 1, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/202106/">"Busy busy busybox"</a>. <a href="/wiki/LWN.net" title="LWN.net">LWN.net</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160107184000/https://lwn.net/Articles/202106/">Archived</a> from the original on January 7, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 21,</span> 2015</span>. <q><i>Since BusyBox can be found in so many embedded systems, it finds itself at the core of the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_3" title="GNU General Public License">GPLv3</a> anti-DRM debate. [...]The real outcomes, however, are this: BusyBox will be GPLv2 only starting with the next release. It is generally accepted that stripping out the "or any later version" is legally defensible, and that the merging of other GPLv2-only code will force that issue in any case</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Busy+busy+busybox&rft.pub=LWN.net&rft.date=2006-10-01&rft.aulast=Corbet&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flwn.net%2FArticles%2F202106%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLandley2006" class="citation web cs1">Landley, Rob (September 9, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/202110/">"Re: Move GPLv2 vs v3 fun…"</a>. lwn.net. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170916140920/https://lwn.net/Articles/202110/">Archived</a> from the original on September 16, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 21,</span> 2015</span>. <q><i>Don't invent a straw man argument please. I consider licensing BusyBox under GPLv3 to be useless, unnecessary, overcomplicated, and confusing, and in addition to that it has actual downsides. 1) Useless: We're never dropping GPLv2.</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Re%3A+Move+GPLv2+vs+v3+fun%E2%80%A6&rft.pub=lwn.net&rft.date=2006-09-09&rft.aulast=Landley&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flwn.net%2FArticles%2F202110%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/202113/">GPL version 2 only for BusyBox 1.3.0.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160914100444/https://lwn.net/Articles/202113/">Archived</a> September 14, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on <a href="/wiki/Lwn.net" class="mw-redirect" title="Lwn.net">lwn.net</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLandley2006" class="citation mailinglist cs1">Landley, Robert (September 30, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/202120/">"I'm going out now. I may be some time"</a>. <i>busybox</i> (Mailing list). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160718121452/http://lwn.net/Articles/202120/">Archived</a> from the original on July 18, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=I%27m+going+out+now.+I+may+be+some+time&rft.date=2006-09-30&rft.aulast=Landley&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flwn.net%2FArticles%2F202120%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-softwarefreedom2007-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-softwarefreedom2007_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-softwarefreedom2007_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/sep/20/busybox/">On Behalf of BusyBox Developers Andersen and Landley, SFLC Files First Ever U.S. GPL Violation Lawsuit</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071006013510/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/sep/20/busybox/">Archived</a> October 6, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Software Freedom Law Center September 20, 2007)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFByfield2007" class="citation web cs1">Byfield, Bruce (October 30, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080924170713/http://www.linux.com/feature/120629">"Settlement reached in Busybox-Monsoon GPL case"</a>. <i>Linux.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linux.com/feature/120629">the original</a> on September 24, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Linux.com&rft.atitle=Settlement+reached+in+Busybox-Monsoon+GPL+case&rft.date=2007-10-30&rft.aulast=Byfield&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linux.com%2Ffeature%2F120629&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39290971,00.htm">Linux legal team sues over GPL violations</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071213221604/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39290971,00.htm">Archived</a> December 13, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com, November 21, 2007)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/nov/20/busybox/">"Second Round of GPL Infringement Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of BusyBox Developers"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071124092039/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/nov/20/busybox/">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Second+Round+of+GPL+Infringement+Lawsuits+Filed+on+Behalf+of+BusyBox+Developers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarefreedom.org%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fnov%2F20%2Fbusybox%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/17/busybox-xterasys-settlement/">"BusyBox Developers and Xterasys Corporation Agree to Settle GPL Lawsuit"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219004956/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/17/busybox-xterasys-settlement/">Archived</a> from the original on December 19, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 18,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BusyBox+Developers+and+Xterasys+Corporation+Agree+to+Settle+GPL+Lawsuit&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarefreedom.org%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fdec%2F17%2Fbusybox-xterasys-settlement%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/mar/06/busybox-hga/">BusyBox Developers and High-Gain Antennas Agree to Dismiss GPL Lawsuit</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080309174405/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/mar/06/busybox-hga/">Archived</a> March 9, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (SFLC press release)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGross2007" class="citation web cs1">Gross, Grant (December 7, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1565983/open-source-legal-group-strikes-again-on-busybox-suing-verizon.html">"Open-source legal group strikes again on BusyBox, suing Verizon"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Computerworld" title="Computerworld">Computerworld</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240406134905/https://www.computerworld.com/article/1565983/open-source-legal-group-strikes-again-on-busybox-suing-verizon.html">Archived</a> from the original on April 6, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Computerworld&rft.atitle=Open-source+legal+group+strikes+again+on+BusyBox%2C+suing+Verizon&rft.date=2007-12-07&rft.aulast=Gross&rft.aufirst=Grant&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.com%2Farticle%2F1565983%2Fopen-source-legal-group-strikes-again-on-busybox-suing-verizon.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/07/busybox/">"BusyBox Developers File GPL Infringement Lawsuit Against Verizon Communications"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071230025833/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/07/busybox/">Archived</a> from the original on December 30, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 22,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BusyBox+Developers+File+GPL+Infringement+Lawsuit+Against+Verizon+Communications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarefreedom.org%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fdec%2F07%2Fbusybox%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904096&subSection=News">Verizon Settles Open Source Software Lawsuit</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080321195234/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904096&subSection=News">Archived</a> March 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Paul McDougell, <i>InformationWeek</i>, March 17, 2008)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jun/10/busybox/">SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBox Developers</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080611164749/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jun/10/busybox/">Archived</a> June 11, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (SFLC press release)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jul/23/busybox-supermicro/">BusyBox Developers and Supermicro Agree to End GPL Lawsuit: Good Faith Discussions Result in Dismissal of Copyright Infringement Case</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080727030737/http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jul/23/busybox-supermicro/">Archived</a> July 27, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (SFLC press release)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2008. <i>Andersen v. Bell Microproducts, Inc.</i>, No. 08-cv-5270, Doc. No. 16 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2008) (notice of voluntary dismissal)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerlow2009" class="citation web cs1">Perlow, Jason (December 16, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-avoid-modern-day-public-gpl-floggings/">"How to avoid modern day public GPL floggings"</a>. <a href="/wiki/ZDNet" class="mw-redirect" title="ZDNet">ZDNet</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313074445/http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-avoid-modern-day-public-gpl-floggings/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 24,</span> 2016</span>. <q>Public floggings and executions like the recent SFLC lawsuit could be avoided if actual standards and procedures for compliance with the GPL and other Free and Open Source licenses actually existed.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=How+to+avoid+modern+day+public+GPL+floggings&rft.pub=ZDNet&rft.date=2009-12-16&rft.aulast=Perlow&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fhow-to-avoid-modern-day-public-gpl-floggings%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndrew_Nusca" class="citation web cs1">Andrew Nusca. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/best-buy-samsung-others-named-in-gpl-suit/">"Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, 11 more named in GPL lawsuit"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cnet.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Cnet.com">cnet.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Best+Buy%2C+Samsung%2C+Westinghouse%2C+11+more+named+in+GPL+lawsuit&rft.pub=cnet.com&rft.au=Andrew+Nusca&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Ftech%2Ftech-industry%2Fbest-buy-samsung-others-named-in-gpl-suit%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240525220726/https://www.tech-insider.org/open-source-software/research/acrobat/091214.pdf">"The Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. & Mr. Erik Andersen vs BestBuy, Samsung, Westinghouse, JVC, Western Digital, Bosch, Phoebe Micro, Humax, ..."</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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No significant kernel copyright holders have so far offered to allow the SFC to enforce their copyrights, with the result that enforcement action will grind to a halt as vendors move over to this Busybox replacement.</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Garrett%3A+The+ongoing+fight+against+GPL+enforcement&rft.pub=LWN.net&rft.date=2012-01-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flwn.net%2FArticles%2F478249%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABusyBox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/478361/">"Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement"</a>. <a href="/wiki/LWN.net" title="LWN.net">LWN.net</a>. 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