Re: Copyleftability

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From: David C Lawrence
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 05:00

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> Now, the GNU C++ compiler, by default, links in code from GNU
> libraries, so unless you make your copy of g++ go after
> non-copylefted libraries, you will end up with copylefted code.

G++ no longer links with libg++ by default.  True enough, the largest
widely available library for G++ is the libg++ code done by Doug
Lea, but it is not the default linkage anymore.

Dave
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From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
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Subject: Re: Copyleftability
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Date: 20 Dec 89 05:00:54 GMT
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