Python Is Really Middleware
Robert Amesz
reqhye72zux at mailexpire.com
Sat Aug 4 11:05:06 EDT 2001
Bengt Richter wrote:
> On 03 Aug 2001 20:20:01 GMT, Tim Daneliuk <tundra at tundraware.com>
> wrote: [...]
>
>>Yes, the example I cited was well before all this. I need to go
>>back and reread the LGPL. One area that was not (and still is not,
>>only because I have not kept up with it) clear to me is how code
>>generated by flex and bison was to be treated since they include
>>GPLed code in the output... I'll get around to looking into this
>>when I need to.
>>
> Don't have bison handy for some reason, but no reason to suffer FUD
> re flex:
But he's right about Bison, I remember that distinctly: output from
Bison should be considered GPLed because it contains GPLed sourcecode
from Bison. Why the rationale was not applied to Flex is still a
mystery to me, but there you have it.
Fortunately, there are alternatives.
Robert Amesz
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