-=[ Hi Darin ]=-

It was 22:49:54 12 Nov 98 in C_ECHO, when the peace was suddenly disturbed
by Darin screaming Visual C transcription at Dave Giunti. This then
followed:

 DG>>     I didn't want to get into the gnu compiler.  Everything
 DG>> there is copy lefted, and I'd like to possibly make a little 
 DG>> bit of money on my other projects.  The chess player is just 
 DG>> one of
 DM> Common misconception.  The only thing that is copylefted is
 DM> their code.  The output of their code (i.e., the produced EXE or
 DM> DLL) is *NOT* copylefted, unless it includes copylefted code!
 DM> For example, the C RTL is *not* copylefted, but the C++
 DM> libraries *are*.  So, if you can compile with gcc without
 DM> include "-lstdc++" or "-lstdcpp" on the linker line, YOUR
 DM> PROGRAM CAN BE SOLD AS COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE.

IIRC, the standard C++ library can be included, it's the libg++ one that
can't (GNU extensions, most of which are unneeded now that the STL comes
with egcs). At least I think this is the case with egcs, I'm not sure about
gcc8 (and I would not recommend anyone use gcc 2.7.x for c++ development,
as it was released a while before the standard was decided upon).

Chris


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