Python Is Really Middleware

[Chris Tavares]

"Robert Amesz" <reqhye72zux at mailexpire.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

Really? I don't have the docs handy right now, but I distinctly remember
there being a specific exception in the Bison license to deal with this
exact problem - you're allowed to use the Bison generated code & parser
engine in whatever you want, no GPL restrictions apply. Unless the license
has changed in the last five years, anyway.

-Chris