Possible GNU library

[Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>]

Could some of you who know C++ and havea feel for what is useful in a
library please take a look at this library and judge how useful it
seems?  They are interested in making it a GNU package, and I would
like people's advice on whether it is clean and useful enough to be a
credit to GNU.  Since I have never used C++, I don't think I could
judge the package without help.

Please tell me your opinions by private email.


From: David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
Organization: Open Source Telecomm
To: webmaster@gnu.org
Subject: A GPL and a LGPL project combine into a GPL!
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:55:53 -0500
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Declaration

With this declaration, the APE project, a Portable C++ Environment,
(http://www.voxilla.org/projects/projape.html>, formally and publicly
announces it's merger with and name change to the Common C++ project 
(http://www.sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1523) as currently
hosted on Source Forge on this date, March 15th, 2000.  With this
declaration, the following is announced:

1. A new, combined GPL licensed project, retaining the name 'Common C++',
a portable application framework, has been formed.  This new project will
be licensed under the same terms and conditions as APE is today and hosted
on SourceForge (http://www.sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1523).

2. All existing Common C++ source files are now held in copyright of the
Open Source Telecomm Corporation (http://www.ostel.com), along with APE.

3. The new Common C++ project will retain and be developed from the
existing "1.2.3" release of APE.  APE has been expanded to include the
Common C++ persistence engine, math, and html libraries.  All work
related to future releases of APE will be derived from the new Common C++
APE code base and will also retain the Common C++ name in the future.

4. APE, renamed Common C++, will remain a true cross platform C++ class
framework and APE portability will be extended to all previous Common C++
classes.

5. The existing Common C++ SourceForge development and cvs areas will
be retained for use by the new combined project.  Common C++ is an openly
developed project and continues to welcome outside contributors.

In announcing this merger, we believe we can better serve the open source
community at large, and the C++ application development community
specifically.  In selecting to continue the Common C++ name going
forward, we believe we are better able to identify the project as a
general purpose C++ framework. 

All information related to this new project may be found by visiting
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1523.  Any questions may be
addressed to David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>.
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