RE: Libpropc++



> Since template code cannot be 'separated' from the rest of a program 
> into a shared library, all the files that depend on a 
> template library 
> (such as, in fact, libsigc++) will have to be open-sourced in 
> order to 
> comply with the terms of the LGPL. This does indeed implicate 
> that you'd 
> have to open-source at least a part of your program in order 
> to be able 
> to use libsigc++.
> 

I've heard about this problem in the context of other open source libraries.
Does anyone know if there is there any scope for this being addressed in the
forthcomming C++ standard, is it even on the agenda for that revision or
perhaps the next?



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