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Re: GCC to open the C++ demangle API?
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:47:49PM +0100, Carlo Wood wrote:
>
> Since I was forced to write my demangler ONLY because libiberty
> is GPL - I feel like kicking back by refusing to release my demangler
> under the GPL. Instead I want to release it under the LGPL or the libstdc++
> license (which gives people much more freedom to use it).
As an aside, it's called the "GPL with runtime exception," and more than
just libstdc++/libsupc++ use it. libgcc does also, and I /think/ other
bits of libiberty might also, but I haven't checked.
> The (legal) problem now is: how can I write a drop-in for these libiberty
> functions when I want it to be LGPL?
I've no idea.
Phil
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