Re: [avr-gcc-list] C++

[E. Weddington]

Joerg Wunsch wrote:

> "E. Weddington" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > 2. Licensing issues. avr-libc is licensed under Modified BSD, mainly
> > because of usage in embedded products. The proposed C++ lib should
> > be compatible.
> >    
>
> libstdc++/libsupc++ are distributed under the same conditions as
> libgcc, so it would not impose much restrictions.  I thus have to
> cancel my previously made statement of possible licensing issues.
>
>  
That was your statement? I don't even remember now..... :-)

> It's basically a GPL minus the requirement that you have to supply
> *your* sourcecode to anyone you are giving a program linked against
> those libraries.  
So it's compatible. That's great! No need to try out STLport (which 
looked a little daunting).

> So there will only be an issue for people who need
> to extend the library itself.  (But then, they could probably split
> off the library extension, and offer it to FSF under GPL, while
> keeping the remainder of their project privately.)
>
>  
Which is rare anyways. But this shouldn't pose any issue to the vast 
majority of developers.

Thanks!

Eric