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Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 22:45:20 +0900
From: Wang TianXing <gztxwang AT public1 DOT guangzhou DOT gd DOT cn>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Q: STL and license
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Josh Stevens wrote:
> 
> > OK, so STL comes with DJGPP V2, right?  I found the header files in
> > the lang\cxx directory, so I guess this is the case.  My question is:
> > since STL is part of the standard library, does it fall under the GNU
> > copyleft?  I would guess that, like the iostreams library, it is
> > exempt from the GNU licensing restrictions (having to make re-linkable
> > object code available, etc.).  Am I right?
> 
> libstdc++ is not LGPL, that is correct.

The STL seems to be copyrighted by Hewlett-Packard.  See lang/cxx/bool.h.

( it seems that the copyright notice applies only to non-GNU C++ complilers,
  because of the #ifndef __GNUC__. :)


Regards,
Wang TianXing


#ifndef __GNUC__
/*
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1994
 * Hewlett-Packard Company
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
 * and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
 * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
 * that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
 * in supporting documentation.  Hewlett-Packard Company makes no
 * representations about the suitability of this software for any
 * purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
 *
 */

#define bool int
#define true 1
#define false 0
#endif