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2 Philosophy

Gnulib’s design and development philosophy is organized around steady, collaborative, and open development of reusable modules that are suitable for a reasonably wide variety of platforms.

• Benefits of using Gnulib
• Library vs. Reusable Code
• Portability and Application Code
• Target Platforms
• Modules
• Various Kinds of Modules
• Collaborative Development
• Copyright
• Steady Development
• Openness