Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: The C Containers library Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 13:26:05 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="945944de09706c9b4e29b53c9d2efdc2"; logging-data="23206"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+KeZbPAJsM0H5EGWLk/iPY" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VU5mV65v2AKtB5e/NuzRNUdjI0c= sha1:Ab5zwRRP3kqeHOcfePcFDF7Z3ZM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:74584 Lew Pitcher writes: > On Sunday November 1 2015 15:04, in comp.lang.c, "Keith Thompson" > wrote: > >> jacobnavia writes: >>> I posted yesterday a pointer to a pure C package, that allows any C >>> programmer to enjoy the samelevel of abstraction than C++. > [snip] >>> URL: >>> https://code.google.com/p/ccl/ >>> >>> The code is completely free, no strings attached. >> >> Not true. The code is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. >> It is a free software license, but it does attach some strings, >> including a requirement to retain the copyright notice. A minor >> detail, but IMHO an important one. > > As a "third-party library", I must say that Jacob's Container Library seems > both comprehensive and (relatively) easy to use. I don't find Jacob's use of > the BSD 3-clause licence any more restrictive than any other 3rd-party > library I use. To be clear, I have no objection to jacob's choice of license. I was merely pointing out that his "no strings attached" claim is not entirely accurate. I mention this again only because you replied to my followup rather than to jacob's original article. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"