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diff --git a/METALICENSE b/METALICENSE index 88b9cfb2..ce50a8ee 100644 --- a/METALICENSE +++ b/METALICENSE @@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ and md5.h files. The permission is compatible with the BSD license, as it allows unfettered redistribution and use, without any advertizing clauses. +TXR ships with files (y.tab.c, y.tab.h) generated from the file parser.y using +GNU Bison. The source file parser.y is the original work of Kaz Kylheku, and +licensed under the same terms as the rest of TXR. The generated files contain +all of that material, plus material coming from Bison. The material coming from +Bison is owned by the Free Software Foundation, distributed under the GPLv3 +license, with a special "Bison exception" which allows unrestricted, +unencumbered redistribution in source or compiled form, similar to the BSD +license. That special exception lapses if the material is borrowed for creating +a parser skeleton for a parser generator program (analogous to Bison). In such +a situation, the GPLv3 license comes into full force. TXR readily complies with +this condition; therefore, those two files are compatible with TXR's BSD +license, and may be redistributed as part of TXR. + TXR is ported to Windows with the help of a derivative of the Cygwin library. For user convenience, a packaged version of TXR includes the CYGWIN1.DLL, in accordance with the terms of Cygwin's license, the GNU Lesser Public License, |