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Article #63147Re: GPL, LGPL
From: Arthur Kreitman
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 13:17
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 13:17
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In article <SBO.95Mar3142341@bcars655.bnr.ca> sbo@bcars655.bnr.ca (Stephane Boucher) writes: > Simple. When you use bison, bison generates a state machine for the > grammar you've specified. Now, in order to use that state machine, you > have source code that has to be compiled and linked in with your > application (They call it the skeleton). That skeleton is C code that is > GPLed. Hence, if you use bison, you're program has to become GPLed > (unless you write your own replacement skeleton). I know that's what happens. I just doubt that any court will enforce a contract that makes your 100,000 lines of code a derivative work of 100 lines or so and require you disclose your source code. -- ---- Art Kreitman Congruent Corporation artk@congruent.com 110 Greene Street 212-431-5100 New York, New York 10012 fax 219-1532
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,38edcdc219deda0a X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-06 07:30:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!cmcl2!psinntp!congrunt!artk From: artk@Congruent.COM (Arthur Kreitman) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GPL, LGPL Message-ID: <ARTK.95Mar6081710@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> Date: 6 Mar 95 13:17:10 GMT References: <3ivqqo$e1d@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk> <MAV.95Feb28152613@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> <ARTK.95Mar3105505@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> <SBO.95Mar3142341@bcars655.bnr.ca> Sender: news@Congruent.COM Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY Lines: 21 In-reply-to: sbo@bcars655.bnr.ca's message of 3 Mar 95 19:23:41 GMT