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Reword more carefully.

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Bruno Haible
2008-08-24 08:52:32 +00:00
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2008-08-23 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
* doc/gperf.texi (Output Copyright): Reword more carefully.
Suggested by Paul Jarc <prj@po.cwru.edu>.
2008-08-23 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> 2008-08-23 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
* doc/gperf.texi (Output Copyright): Adjust for GPLv3. * doc/gperf.texi (Output Copyright): Adjust for GPLv3.

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@c some day we should @include version.texi instead of defining @c some day we should @include version.texi instead of defining
@c these values at hand. @c these values at hand.
@set UPDATED 23 August 2008 @set UPDATED 24 August 2008
@set EDITION 3.0.3 @set EDITION 3.0.3
@set VERSION 3.0.3 @set VERSION 3.0.3
@c --------------------- @c ---------------------
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therefore the output is not a ``work based on @code{gperf}'' (in the therefore the output is not a ``work based on @code{gperf}'' (in the
sense of the GPL version 3). sense of the GPL version 3).
On the other hand, the output produced by @code{gperf} contains essentially On the other hand, the output produced by @code{gperf} contains
all of the input file. Therefore the output is under the same license, with essentially all of the input file. Therefore the output is a
the same copyright holder, as the input that was passed to @code{gperf}. ``derivative work'' of the input (in the sense of U.S.@: copyright law);
and its copyright status depends on the copyright of the input. For most
software licenses, the result is that the the output is under the same
license, with the same copyright holder, as the input that was passed to
@code{gperf}.
@node Options, Bugs, Description, Top @node Options, Bugs, Description, Top
@chapter Invoking @code{gperf} @chapter Invoking @code{gperf}