From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: libgpp...
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:18:35 -0800
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> So far I haven't been using libgpp because of the warnings that using it
> might "alter the copyright status of my programs". Apparently any c++
> library functions other than the iostream ones will. But I have not been
> able to find, exactly what the alteration is? I.e. what is the special
> copyright on the c++ library.

Using anything from 'libgpp.a' causes your program to fall under the GNU
General Public License, which can be found in the file named "copying"
that accompanies nearly every djgpp source distribution and several of
the binary distributions.  Just search your manifests until you find
it.  It's also available as the first item in the 'libgpp.a' section of
the Info docs.

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