Re: libstdc++-v3 copyright holder change

[Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at cygnus dot com>]

> I just read this series of messages from March.  Does this licensing
> change mean that any program that _uses_ the Standard C++ Library will
> itself fall under the GPL, versus the LGPL where a program that _uses_ the
> Standard C++ Library does not have to fall under the GPL?

No. I seem to have confused everybody with this: my announcement was not 
correct. It's actually a modified GPL that allows use in commercial apps. 
Here are the relevant bits:

// Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
//
// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library is free
// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
// Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
// any later version.

// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
// with this library; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
// Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
// USA.

// As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
// library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
// templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
// this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
// file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
// the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
// invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
// the GNU General Public License.

Note the "special exception" paragraph.

Sorry for the confusion.

-benjamin