libstdc++ v3 copyright

Todd Vierling tv@pobox.com
Wed Oct 21 04:44:00 GMT 1998


On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Andy Tai wrote:

: Just hope the wonderful authors of libstdc++ v 3.0 (Cygnus) 
: can assign the copyright to the Free Software Foundation, 
: as the library is a critical system component and the FSF is 
: a good copyright holder for such infrastructure components.

... And I hope the copyright is worded as such that it doesn't encumber
programs compiled against it.  (i.e. the "link exception" to the GPL applies
to everyone, not just SGI.)

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)




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