Re: [License]Is Bison exception only valid on Bison 2.2?

Akim Demaille <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:01:50 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.parsers.bison.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Kuohong,

> Le 17 juil. 2021 à 07:33, Kuo-Hong Wang <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Dear all,
> Bison is a useful tool!

Thanks!

> I have one question about the license of generated files by Bison.
> 
> It shows GPL exception with bison as following.  Is the exception only
> valid on Bison 2.2? or still valid on later versions?

It was installed in Bison 2.2, and applies to all the versions since
2.2.

> "This special exception was added by the Free Software Foundation in
> version 2.2 of Bison."
> 
> Is it possible to modify bison utility to make that statement more
> clear(2.2 and after) ?

I never thought it was unclear :(  And don't feel confortable changing
this wording.

Cheers!