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Re: libstdc++ license
- To: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: libstdc++ license
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 17 Jul 1998 09:08:52 -0700
- Newsgroups: cygnus.egcs
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <199807161828.LAA28863.cygnus.egcs@netcom3.netcom.com>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
ram@netcom.com (Munagala V. S. Ramanath) writes:
> If a pure C++ program is built with libstdc++ will it contain LGPL parts
> from the C library (sucked in behind the scenes) assuming I don't
> explicitly use C library features like malloc, printf, strcpy etc. ?
> Or is it essentially impossible to legally do what I'd like to do ?
You cannot produce a binary using a statically linked libc without
having your program available under something different then the
L(GPL).
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