stank@anvil.WV.TEK.COM (Stan Kalinowski) (12/29/90)
Hopefully I can head off some confusion. In my previous post I
refered to a COPYING file that comes with flex. I was referring the
standard GNU version 2.3 release of flex, not the Atari port.
stank
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or stank@orca.WV.TEK.COMhyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (12/30/90)
In article <9785@orca.wv.tek.com> stank@anvil.WV.TEK.COM (Stan Kalinowski) writes: >Hopefully I can head off some confusion. In my previous post I >refered to a COPYING file that comes with flex. I was referring the >standard GNU version 2.3 release of flex, not the Atari port. > stank Flex is not cvered by the GNU copyleft because it was not written for the GNU project. It was out in the public domain long before the copyleft existed. It's distributed with the rest of the GNU stuff because it's Fast and Free and the FSF didn't feel like re-inventing the lex-wheel when flex was such a fine job. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan Flame all you want - we'll take more.