From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Programs compiled with djgpp
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:54:59 -0500
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Richard Chappell wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes: >
> > On 14 Jan 1998, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> >
> > > If you use libstdcx, you fall under LGPL
> >
> > NO!!!  libstdcx.a does NOT imply LGPL or GPL; it is free!  libgpp.a is
> > the one that implies LGPL.  If you can link your program with -lstdcxx
> > switch alone, then your program is not subject to LGPL.
> 
> whats lgpl?

The GNU Library General Public License, which is a somewhat
less-restrictive version of the GPL.  Basically, it says that if you
distribute programs linked with a LGPL library, you have to include or
make available the source code or linkable object code for any program
that uses the library, and you must make available the library itself.

For further details, I suggest reading the LGPL in its entirety; it's
the file named COPYING in the source distribution of the library, or the
Copying node of the libgpp.a Info docs.

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