Mark wrote:
> I don't have a strong opinion on these license issues (I don't even
> know what the precise license of libstdc++ is, the copyright file on
> my Debian system does not even mention it!).
It is similar to libgcc license, which is GPL'd with this exception:
/* As a special exception, if you link this library with other files,
some of which are compiled with GCC, to produce an executable,
this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable
to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
If we could all agree to switch to this license, then we'd have a much
easier time working together. It prevents people from making non-Free
changes to the library, but gives them more flexibility to build
non-Free applications - just like libgcc and libstdc++ do. If we
could all agree to switch to this license, then we could start working
on a plan to merge the two projects. There would be some technical
challenges - but I think they are manageable.
> (And note that Per Bothner also said that he no longer works for
> Cygnus on their Java project.)
Well.. he left Cygnus quite a while ago, but still participates in the
gcj project.
AG
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Anthony Green Cygnus Solutions
Sunnyvale, California
