Re: Standard Container Benchmark in GNU libstdc++-v3??

[Paolo Carlini <pcarlini at unitus dot it>]

Jason Merrill wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 08:46:38 -0700, Nathan Myers <ncm-nospam@cantrip.org> wrote:
>
> > In my oh so humble opinion, anything derived from this benchmark
> > should be released under a compatible license, so that changes and 
> > additions may be fed back upstream.   Any given bit of test or 
> > benchmark code gets more valuable when it is part of a well-known,
> > named suite because it leads to better portability for user programs.
> >    
> Agreed.  Everything in libstdc++ doesn't have to be under the GPL; much of
> libiberty is public domain.
Sorry for my inadequacy at dealing with such issues... I tried to do my 
best contacting the authors personally (as discussed with Gaby), in 
order to finally have the code in, after some days of stall.

Should we formally ask again the authors (Stroustrup and Stepanov) the 
permit to distribute the code as public domain?

Thanks,
Paolo.