246N/AFlex carries the copyright used for BSD software, slightly modified
246N/Abecause it originated at the Lawrence Berkeley (not Livermore!) Laboratory,
246N/Awhich operates under a contract with the Department of Energy:
246N/ACopyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 The Flex Project.
246N/ACopyright (c) 1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California.
246N/AThis code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
246N/AThe United States Government has rights in this work pursuant
246N/Ato contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States
246N/ADepartment of Energy and the University of California.
246N/ARedistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
246N/Amodification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
246N/A1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
246N/A notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
246N/A2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
246N/A notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
246N/A documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
246N/ANeither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
246N/Amay be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
246N/Awithout specific prior written permission.
246N/ATHIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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246N/AWARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
246N/AThis basically says "do whatever you please with this software except
246N/Aremove this notice or take advantage of the University's (or the flex
246N/ANote that the "
flex.skl" scanner skeleton carries no copyright notice.
246N/AYou are free to do whatever you please with scanners generated using flex;
246N/Afor them, you are not even bound by the above copyright.