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1 | Flex carries the copyright used for BSD software, slightly modified |
2 | because it originated at the Lawrence Berkeley (not Livermore!) Laboratory, | |
3 | which operates under a contract with the Department of Energy: | |
4 | ||
5 | /*- | |
6 | * Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. | |
7 | * All rights reserved. | |
8 | * | |
9 | * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
10 | * Vern Paxson of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. | |
11 | * | |
12 | * The United States Government has rights in this work pursuant | |
13 | * to contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States | |
14 | * Department of Energy and the University of California. | |
15 | * | |
16 | * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | |
17 | * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | |
18 | * are met: | |
19 | * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
20 | * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
21 | * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
22 | * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
23 | * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
24 | * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | |
25 | * must display the following acknowledgement: | |
26 | * This product includes software developed by the University of | |
27 | * California, Berkeley and its contributors. | |
28 | * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | |
29 | * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | |
30 | * without specific prior written permission. | |
31 | * | |
32 | * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
33 | * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | |
34 | * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
35 | * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | |
36 | * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | |
37 | * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | |
38 | * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | |
39 | * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | |
40 | * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | |
41 | * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | |
42 | * SUCH DAMAGE. | |
43 | * | |
44 | * @(#)COPYING 5.2 (Berkeley) 4/12/91 | |
45 | */ | |
46 | ||
47 | This basically says "do whatever you please with this software except | |
48 | remove this notice". | |
49 | ||
50 | Note that the "flex.skel" scanner skeleton carries no copyright notice. | |
51 | You are free to do whatever you please with scanners generated using flex; | |
52 | for them, you are not even bound by the above copyright. |