Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 21:42:24 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: flex vs. lex Message-ID: <19970422214224.YP52248@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970422012343.007a5100@pop.pitt.edu>; from John Duncan on Apr 22, 1997 01:23:43 -0400 References: <3.0.1.32.19970422012343.007a5100@pop.pitt.edu>
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As John Duncan wrote: > Get a copy of lex from gatekeeper? That'd be my idea because it won't put > GNU copylefts on all your stuff. Better get the facts before posting. First, flex originates from LBL. It's got a Berkeley-like copyright (big surprise). Second, even Bison (GNU's yacc rewrite) switched to no longer mandating the application of the GPL to the generated code, maybe a year or two ago. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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