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From: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: g++ vs. cfront 2.0 in the Real World
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Date: 13 Jul 89 04:38:31 GMT
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In-reply-to: jima@hplsla.HP.COM's message of 12 Jul 89 20:24:23 GMT

In article <6590194@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:

   >What has not been stated is what will be done to protect libg++ and libc
   >from abuse using one of several crafty tricks.

   Gee, just what the computing world needs.  Link in the wrong library and
   get a licensing virus in your program.

not a virus, a legally defensible solution.

A virus is simply clever, legal precedent is truely useful.
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Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Illinois 		  (grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu)