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Re: GPL vs LGPL, Was Bug#8676



On Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:08:39 MDT Jason Gunthorpe (jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta
.ca) wrote:

> - Compilers and compiler tools have a modified GPL that exempts the above.

Wrong.
GPL states that output from programs are not considered derived work.
There is no modified GPL.
Bison used to be the exception because a bison-generated parser 
includes a large part of bison itself. But now, bison output doesn't 
have to be GPL'ed anymore.

Phil.



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