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Subject: Re: [xsl] Generated Code: GPL Protected? From: "Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 00:30:05 -0500 |
From: "Jason Varsoke" <jvarsoke@xxxxxxxxx> > I have an open source project hosted at SourceForge.net and most of my > code is in the CVS. I've recently started taking the more mundane > objects written in Java and turned them into XML data and wrote an XSL > to create the Java code automagically. > > In the CVS I'm about to delete the old Java Source code and replace it > with the XML and XSL (which auto-generates the source). > > So my question is will the generated source be protected by the GPL? > (and yes it will contain header with the license). It's covered if you are the author (however removed) and you say it is. > The reason I ask is that typically data generated from running a > program is not covered under the GPL. For example: gcc, CGIs etc. That is a choice made by the authors, has nothing to do with how the 'data' were produced. Bob > I could always only put the generated code into the CVS, but well, it's > not really what a CVS is for (generated things). > > thanks, > > -j > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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