[Dune] Re: [Dune-CVS] dune-web r262 - layout

[Oliver Sander]

Hi there!
In the license text for the libstdc++, the first sentence reads
"As a special exception, you may use this file as part
of a *free* software library or application without restriction."
Can somebody who knows explain the difference to me?

Thanks,
Oliver

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Sven Marnach wrote:

> Hi,
>
> there seems to be confusion about the wording of the licence.  I added
> a correct version of the licence exception to the README and COPYING
> files in all of the DUNE modules (well, at least in trunk, but Markus
> merged them to the release version).  In current SVN, the README files
> contain the old version of the exception again, while the COPYING file
> there is the new (and ultimate) version.  Christian and me copied this
> new version to the web page as well, so there should have been a
> correct version (but obviously, there wasn't).  Now there is a third
> version which slightly differs from the one in the COPYING file.
>
> I would suggest to stick with the wording in COPYING:
>
>   As a special exception, you may use the DUNE source files as part
>   of a software library or application without restriction.
>   Specifically, if other files instantiate templates or use macros or
>   inline functions from one or more of the DUNE source files, or you
>   compile one or more of the DUNE source files and link them with
>   other files to produce an executable, this does not by itself 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.
>
> If there are no objections, I will update all places where the license
> appears (web page, README, COPYING).
>
> Greetings,
>    Sven
>
> sander at dune-project.org schrieb am Do, 12. Apr 2007, um 12:26:19 +0200:
>> Author: sander
>> Date: 2007-04-12 12:26:19 +0200 (Thu, 12 Apr 2007)
>> New Revision: 262
>>
>> Modified:
>>    layout/license.wml
>> Log:
>> write the license in proper English
>
>
>
>> Modified: layout/license.wml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- layout/license.wml	2007-04-05 12:29:29 UTC (rev 261)
>> +++ layout/license.wml	2007-04-12 10:26:19 UTC (rev 262)
>> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
>>     As a special exception, you may use the DUNE source files as part of a
>>     free software library without restriction.  Specifically, if other
>>     files instantiate templates or use macros or inline functions
>> -   from one or more of the DUNE source file, or you compile one or
>> +   from one or more of the DUNE source files, or you compile one or
>>     more of the DUNE source files and link them with other files to
>> -   produce an executable, this the DUNE source files used do  not by
>> +   produce an executable, these uses of the DUNE source files do not by
>>     themselves 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
>>
>>
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