Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:40:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: copyleft?
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On 14 Feb 1998, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> > In short, if you can link your program with -lstdcxx -liostream, but 
> > without -lgpp switch, you can do anything you like with your program.  
> > -lgpp causes your work to fall under the GNU License, which see.
> 
> Even -lgpp doesn't force it to be free software does it? I thought the
> LGPL merely required your app to be distributed with relinkabkle object
> code (your .o files) and/or sources, so it could be (recompiled and)
> relinked with an updated version of the library that's LGPLed.

You are right.  That is what -lgpp implies, and that is what I meant
by ``under the GNU License''.  I didn't say ``free software'' since
that is ambiguous.