libstdc++ license

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 12:36:16AM -0700, Chris Seawood wrote:
> 
> I've heard conflicting reports so I'm basically asking for a 
> clarification.  What is the license on libstdc++ as released with gcc 
> 2.95.3 and what will the license of libstdc++ as released with gcc-3.0 be?

Both use the GPL with the runtime exception:

    As a special exception, if you link this library with files
    compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable, this does not cause
    the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
    This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
    the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.

See the comment block at the top of the installed header files, for example.

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