libstdc++ still has license conditions of SGI STL on top of GNU GPLv3+GCC Runtime Exception, right?

Jonathan Wakely jwakely.gcc@gmail.com
Sat May 23 22:13:54 GMT 2020


On Sat, 23 May 2020 at 20:43, P. - via Libstdc++ <libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, everybody! Libstdc++ (I took libstdc++-v3 with last changelog date
> 2019-12-30) contains comments like:
>  * Copyright (c) 1994
>  * Hewlett-Packard Company
>  * Permission to use, copy <...> both that copyright notice and this
> permission notice appear in supporting documentation <...>
>  * Copyright (c) 1996
>  * Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
>  * Permission to use, copy <...> both that copyright notice and this
> permission notice appear in supporting documentation <...>
> in header files <vector>, <memory> and etc.
>
> While the current license of libstdc++ is the GNU GPLv3 + GCC Runtime
> Exception, I still have to copy "Copyright (c) 1994 Hewlett-Packard
> Company", "Copyright (c) 1996 Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc." and
> the license text (because <vector>, <memory> contain templated code that
> will end up in my binary) in documentation, is that right?

You should talk to a lawyer if you're concerned, but the notices say
they apply to "this software and its documentation" not to your
software.


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