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Re: License
- To: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: License
- From: "Dr. David Gilbert" <dg at px dot uk dot com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:18:01 +0000 (GMT)
- cc: TAMURA Kent <kent at hauN dot org>, <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> > 1. What is the license of libstdc++ in gcc-2.95.2?
> > 2. Is the license of libstdc++-v3 really GPL without linking exceptions?
>
> Err no. It's the GPL with the following exception:
>
> // 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.
>
>
> Sometimes this is referred to as the "Runtime GPL"
>
>
> Hope this helps clarify what's up.
Would you help me by defining 'executable'. I build a shared library
which is written in C++ and is loaded into a running Tcl
interepreter to provide added commands. I hope this counts!
Dave
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