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From: rbbb@acornrc.UUCP (David Chase)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How the GNU copyright applies to output of language translators
Message-ID: <697@acornrc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 88 02:24:21 GMT
References: <621@naucse.UUCP> <4298@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: rbbb@acornrc.UUCP (David Chase)
Organization: Acorn Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
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Keywords: BISON, GCC, GNU: Legalities

>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