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Re: PROPOSAL: Objective-C++

From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
To: "Erik M. Buck" <embassociates at qwest dot net>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, discuss-gnustep at gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:23:26 -0800
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Objective-C++
References: <FA135083-D9E3-11D5-B1D1-00306544502E@brainstorm.co.uk> <00d201c16df9$6ecdcd30$0101a8c0@karma>

"Erik M. Buck" wrote:
> 
> Apple's Objective-C run-time is already open-source as part of Darwin.
> If Apple ever donated their Objective-C run-time to the FSF (presumably
> under GPL or LGPL), they would probably have to stop using it themselves :(

Not an issue.  libobjc has one of those "special exceptions" to
allow its use in non-GPL programs, and a donated objc4 would have
a similar provision.  Take a look at the top of any libobjc source
file to see how it reads.

Stan

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- Re: PROPOSAL: Objective-C++
  - From: Richard Frith-Macdonald
- Re: PROPOSAL: Objective-C++
  - From: Erik M. Buck

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