>>> "Sylvain" == Sylvain Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Paul Hilfinger wrote: >> In fact, this issue did get discussed when the GLR skeleton got >> introduced, and the language (or lack of it) is, AIR, deliberate on >> the part of the lead maintainers at the time. On consideration, I >> would prefer that the same terms apply to all skeletons as now apply >> to the C LALR(1) skeleton. I think that there does come a point at >> which copylefting becomes shooting oneself in the foot. > This looks to me as a problem of competitive advantage: if bison was > one of the only programs providing C++ or GLR parsers generation, it > could be seen as a way to promote GPLed software. It might have been > true when these skeleton first appeared, but I don't think it is any > more, since both commercial and open source implementations exist now. > In which case it seems to me that the opposite attitude is better, > that is promote the use of bison with an unrestrictive license on the > skeletons, and hope it will promote the use of other open source > software. I concur. _______________________________________________ Help-bison@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-bison
