Query about GPL-license

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 002f01bfd5ee$e4dd3be0$5637f380@maths.nottingham.ac.uk >you write:
  > I know that the output of GCC is not covered by the GPL because libgcc.a ha
  > s
  > a specific exemption.
  > 
  > Could you confirm that the same applies to the output of G++ when I'm
  > compiling STL code (so including lumps of templated stuff for map<foo,bar>,
  > as well as libstdc++ to get iostream working right)?
Linking libstdc++ does not infect your code with the GPL.  libstdc++'s
components have license clauses which prevent infection.

jeff