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From: streepy@convex.com (Larry Streepy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: GNU infection in NIH
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.221804.22466@convex.com>
Date: 12 Mar 91 22:18:04 GMT
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I just came across a problem in the NIH C++ class library.  It seems that
the NIH library contains GNU code to implement its regex class.  This
fact is UNDOCUMENTED in the NIH distribution.

Anyone that has made use of the NIH class library in a commercial product
had better quickly check to make sure that you don't make use of the
regex class.  If you do, you probably in violation of the GNU copyleft.

This came as a major surprise to me.  Hopefully this posting will help
others from being caught unaware.
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Larry Streepy, Convex Computer Corp.

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