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

Nicolas Neuss neuss at math.uni-karlsruhe.de
Thu Apr 12 17:15:17 CEST 2007


"Sven Marnach" <sven at pantoffel-wg.de> writes:

> Hi!
> 
> Oliver Sander schrieb am Do, 12. Apr 2007, um 14:05:17 +0200:
> > 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?
> 
> There isn't any, according to the third question on
> 
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html
> 
> I judged the version without the word "free" to be clearer, but
> wouldn't mind to reinsert it.
> 
> Sven

I don't see "free" as redundant here and am astonished that you judge the
two wordings to be equivalent.  Especially for the FSF, "free" has a very
specific meaning.

Nicolas 





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