sstream support

[Nathan Myers]

> Nathan Myers <ncm@nospam.cantrip.org>
> > The libstdc++ V3 implementation isn't finished yet.  Help would
> > be most welcome.  See http://egcs.cygnus.com/libstdc++-v3.html
 
Mike Stump wrote:
> When released, will the library be usable for commercial apps?  As I
> read the current version, it isn't fit for any commercial apps.  Do
> you plan on using a libgcc style on the final code?  If not, why not?
> What problem isn't solved by the style copyright.

I'm not sure I understand the question; I don't know what a "style
copyright" is.  The license is intended to allow unrestricted commercial 
and non-commercial use.  The goal is for the v3 library to become the
an industry-standard reference implementation.  If the license interferes
with that, that's a bug.  If you can characterize the bug, it can 
probably be fixed.  What use seems to be restricted that you think 
shouldn't be?
 
> I think it is a mistake to needlessly add yet more copyright styles to
> the world, it is better if you can pick a preexisting style and use it.

If there were a pre-existing license that did what we wanted, of course
we would use it.  The problem is that the GPL and the LGPL are both too
restrictive for a library that mostly results in in-line code in users'
programs.  There hasn't been much work on free licenses for in-line 
libraries.

Nathan Myers
ncm@cygnus.com