Hi Joe, On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:36 -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > Eike Rathke wrote:
> > The GNU libstdc++ code won't do anyway because it is GPL, not LGPL. ... > > IANAL--I don't even like to discuss licenses--but I thought as long as > you simply _use_ a GPL library, you're not under the GPL. That depends largely on what you mean by "simply use a GPL library". :-) > The idea here > would be to simply link to standard functions in libstdc++, not to copy > source code and modify it for OOo. Unless I'm mistaken, OOo already > links to libstdc++. At least libstdc++ is mapped in by OOo; I assume > that's just normal library linkage. libstdc++ has a special license that allows run-time use by a non-GPLed program. It's mentioned here: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html IANAL, but my understanding is that even a closed-source application is allowed to (statically or dynamically) link to libstdc++ without releasing the resulting executable under the GPL _because of this runtime exception clause_. But this is a special case that only applies to libstdc++. Kohei --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
