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diff --git a/libio/README b/libio/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c2d564965ca --- /dev/null +++ b/libio/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +This is libio, the GNU C/C++ input/output library. + +By default, the library is configured to build the C++ iostream +facility (in $libdir/libiostream.a). + +The library can be configured to build the C stdio facility +that is part of a C run-time library. + +This library is distributed with libg++; see ../libg++/README +for installation instructions, and where to send bug reports +and questions. + +* Copyright restrictions + +The files in this directory are generally covered by the GNU Public +License (which is in the file ../COPYING), but modified with the +following: + + As a special exception, if you link this library with files + compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable, this does not cause + the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. + This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why + the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. + +A few source files and subroutines are covered by other (but +less restrictive) copyright conditions. E.g. some code (such +as iovfprintf.c) is based on software that was developed by the +University of California, Berkeley, for the Berkeley Software +Distribution (BSD-4.4), and bears their copyright; and one +file (floatconv.c) is derived from ("free") code copyrighted AT&T. |