Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!keith
From: keith@nih-csl.UUCP (keith gorlen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: boosting libg++ (was Re: g++ vs. cfront 2.0 in the Real World)
Summary: OOPS class library is NOT copy{left,right}able
Message-ID: <1117@nih-csl.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jul 89 03:01:50 GMT
References: <318@gt-eedsp.gatech.edu> <6590198@hplsla.HP.COM>
Organization: NIH-CSL, Bethesda, MD
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In article <6590198@hplsla.HP.COM>, jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:
> the large computer companies.  Similarly, OOPS was developed at NIH with
> all our tax dollars, and legally should not be restricted.  And many other
> C++ libraries are developed at universities with government grant money
> that also precludes restrictions placed on their use.
> 
> So let Stallman place his copyleft on software developed by FSF directly --
> but not on software developed with your or my money.  This is where I believe
> the line is crossed.

The OOPS (now the NIH) Class Library is a "U.S. Government Work", and
is therefore not copyrightable (or copyleftable).  Every significant
file in the distribution states this, with the exception of the files
"regex.c" and "regex.h", which bear the FSF copyright.  If someone
knows of a version that is being distributed with a copyright notice,
I'd like to know about it (via private communication, please).
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