Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!jima From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Yes, but is it legal (Re: libg++ and copylefts) Message-ID: <6590219@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 31 Jul 89 17:50:56 GMT References: Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 15 >Just how "legal" would it be to be selling versions of bison, flex, etc. as >ported to a particular cpu? [he asks innocently, having just seen an ad for >such] Not a lawyer, so I can't say about "legal", but I do believe the Gnu terms prohibits "selling" a copy of their work, while allowing a reasonable fee for the act of transferring a physical copy of the work, and allowing consultants to charge for porting to a new machine, as long as they abide by the other Gnu restrictions. Maybe if you "bought" from this company the "bison", "flex", etc they send you come packed in shrink wrap saying your money pays for the port and/or physical act of transferance, and you promise to abide by the Gnu rules if you open the package. Or maybe they have found a way to cheat the rules, or maybe they just don't care. Has anybody in net land sent these people any money, and can tell us what it bought?