How the GNU copyright applies to output of language translators

David Chase rbbb at acornrc.UUCP
Wed Apr 6 12:24:21 AEST 1988


>This is true, since bison's output includes a literal copy of a parser
>(bison.simple or bison.hairy) that contains the GNU copyright.

Last I checked, bison.hairy contained no copyright.  I don't know if this
omission was intentional or not, but it was that way on a tape shipped
to me in late 1987 (the date on the file is 16 Feb 1987).

David Chase
Olivetti Research Center, Menlo Park



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