Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 18:12:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Wang TianXing <gztxwang AT public1 DOT guangzhou DOT gd DOT cn>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Q: STL and license
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On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Wang TianXing wrote:

> > libstdc++ is not LGPL, that is correct.
> 
> The STL seems to be copyrighted by Hewlett-Packard.  See lang/cxx/bool.h.

I didn't say it isn't copyrighted, just that it isn't LGPL.  The copyright
notice makes it copyrighted freeware, like the DJGPP C library.  I doubt
that keeping the copyright message (in either DJGPP or STL) will bother
anybody.