Re: Bug#158529: vcg does not have a usable license
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:23:48PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > This affects more than just obfuscators. For example, if a GPL'd
> > program includes Yacc sources, then I don't think the C files generated
> > by Yacc are distributable at all.
>
> You certainly must distribute the Yacc source. You cannot distribute
> just the C source in such a case; that's not adequate. But if you do
> distribute the Yacc source, then you certainly can *also* distribute
> the C source.
I don't see any part of the GPL that gives me permission to distribute
the C files, with or without the Yacc sources. I've already given a more
elaborate reply about this to Steve Langasek, though.
Richard Braakman
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