Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/14/21:54:09
Gautam N. Lad (gautam AT interlog DOT com) wrote:
: Hi,
: >You're perfectly entitled to do this as long as you don't use the C++
: >library. If you have a C++ program which requires streams but no more,
: >you can link in the iostr library instead. If you don't even need streams,
: >there's no problem at all. Check the licensing on any additional libraries,
: >though - I don't know about GRX.
: I ONLY use C++ for classes, but NO streams (meaning C++ method of FILE I/O).
: When I compile, I use gxx (not gcc). So, once again, this is OK, right?
Do you mean that you only use C++ for your *own* classes? Try using gcc instead of gxx, and see if it compiles. This is only relevant at the linking stage, of
course.
If your code will link properly with gcc (not gxx) and no -l switches, you
can freely distribute it. If you need -liostr, that's fine too. If you need
-lgpp (which is the same as using gxx instead, I think) then you should read
the Gnu Library General Public License (LGPL), which applies to the gpp
library.
The way I read this library, you must distribute source code for the
library, source code for your program, and a makefile (or similar scripts)
to recompile the program. Read the document for yourself.
Something I'm not sure of is whether you'd be allowed to distribute a bunch
of .o files along with a makefile, instead of your source code. You'll have
to look at the license - it's part of the libgpp docs.
--
George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.
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