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Re: [Pspp-cvs] pspp/src regression.q
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: [Pspp-cvs] pspp/src regression.q |
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Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:32:41 -0800 |
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Jason Stover <address@hidden> writes:
> I thought the output would be a 'derivative work' of PSPP, which would
> be covered by the GPL. Is that right? Maybe not.
Does the output have PSPP code in it? To be a derivative work,
it would have to contain PSPP code, as I understand copyright
law.
I was expecting the output to mostly be a bunch of numbers, with
a little bit of C wrapper code. We don't try to GPL other
numbers that PSPP outputs.
> The output is a program written by another program, which is
> GPL'd, so is the output GPL'd?
I don't think that's true in general. PSPP outputs PostScript
programs as output, but that's clearly not GPL'd. Autoconf
outputs shell programs, but those aren't GPL'd (they have a very
permissive copyright notice). The output of Bison is sometimes
GPL'd, but only when it contains part of Bison itself.
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