Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(

Dave Page wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
>>Sent: 30 September 2003 09:18
>>To: Dave Page
>>Subject: Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(
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>>Dave Page wrote:
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
>>>>Sent: 29 September 2003 23:51
>>>>To: Dave Page
>>>>Subject: Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(
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>>>>that's taken 1:1 from pgsql backend, it's generated by
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>>bison. The file
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>>>>keywords.c needs it to compile. It supplies the official keyword
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>>>checking.
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>>>The copyright says that the output file created by Bison *from* that
>>>file may be used without restriction. That file itself is
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>>GPL according
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>>>to the header.
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>>So PostgreSQL backend source restricted by this too.
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>Looks like it. What can we do about it?
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Dunno... The pgsql people must have discussed this, or did the copyright
notice invade the file while upgrading requirements to bison 1.875?

Regards,
Andreas