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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