Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] Nathan Myers - Re libstdc++ licensing question

[Christopher F. <cg...@re...>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 02:03:37PM +1200, Danny Smith wrote:
>The following post to libstdc++ list is relevant to questions about the
>re-distribution of libstdc++.dll or libgcc.dll with mingw built apps.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2002-07/msg00166.html
>
>Users who redistribute these GPL(with special library exception) dll
>libraries as part of their app most provide the source code for these
>libs. and, since the intent is that the end-user must be able to
>recompile the libary, any script that produced the dll.   I do not trust
>mingw users to do that,  and will continue to argue against making
>libgcc.dll and/or libstdc++.dll part of the mingw package.

This was one of the reasons why I didn't produce shared versions of
either library for cygwin.  I didn't want to worry about YA GPL hassle.

>Given that, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes' shared pointer patch to allow
>throwing exceptions across dll boundaries (without a special dll)
>becomes more  attractive.   It should be possible to modify so that the
>sharedptr object is replaced by a a simple stub object
>when -fno-exception flags is passed..
>
>Any strong feelings for or against incorporating this patch into mingw
>distro of gcc 3.2.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

cgf