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> Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> wrote:
>
> 2. Look for a version of byacc that generates perl code
> and then use that on a2p.y to get a start.

Ok. Who can point me towards a byacc that generates perl? Does anyone know
if this is one:

Host cicada.net.ohio-state.edu (128.146.199.101)
Last updated 10:29 20 Oct 1995

Location: /pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 bytes 03:09 24 Sep 1995 byacc



> 3. Look at the mawk source code -- read the Copyright license to see
> if it's fair to include it's version of the grammar (assuming it has one
> -- I've never looked) in perl. Larry won't include something that's pure
> GPL, but has included things like SDBM_File/sdbm, which have more
> generous copying agreements.

Unfortunately, mawk states:

Mawk is distributed without warranty under the terms of the
GNU General Public License, version 2, June 1991. The file
COPYING contains the GNU General Public License, version 2.



Dan

> From: Dan Wisehart <danw@ttmc.com>
>
> > Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 3. Look at the mawk source code -- read the Copyright license to see
> > if it's fair to include it's version of the grammar (assuming it has one
> > -- I've never looked) in perl. Larry won't include something that's pure
> > GPL, but has included things like SDBM_File/sdbm, which have more
> > generous copying agreements.
>
> Unfortunately, mawk states:
>
> Mawk is distributed without warranty under the terms of the
> GNU General Public License, version 2, June 1991. The file
> COPYING contains the GNU General Public License, version 2.

Try mailing a gentle letter to the developers with a copy of
the Artistic licence.

Ke Jin very kindly made iODBC available under the Artistic licence
after I wrote to him.

Worth a go.

It's something for others to bare in mind when looking
at GPL code and wishing it could be used in perl.

Tim.