Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!epiwrl!epimass!jbuck From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Lex and YACC C output Message-ID: <1385@epimass.EPI.COM> Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 17:32:21 EDT Article-I.D.: epimass.1385 Posted: Mon Aug 3 17:32:21 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Aug-87 05:38:34 EDT References: <7846@auspyr.UUCP> <166400004@uiucdcsb> Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 17 >|+--------------- >|| Has anybody taken the C source code produced from Lex and YACC and ported >|| it to many different UNIX boxes and other operating systems >|+--------------- >| >|DOING THIS IS A VIOLATION OF YOUR UN*X LICENSE!!! At the Winter, '87 Usenix, word was given by several AT&T people that AT&T officially declares yacc and lex output to be in the public domain. I suggest that any business that needs to rely on this contact AT&T directly and get confirmation, but I feel the assurances I was given at Usenix are very solid. -- - Joe Buck jbuck@epimass.epi.com {seismo,ucbvax,sun,decwrl,}!epimass.epi.com!jbuck Old arpa mailers: jbuck%epimass.epi.com@seismo.css.gov