Re: [btOOL] Using btparse in a c++ app, and license question

[Greg W. <gw...@py...>]

On 25 September 2003, Robby Stephenson said:
> In order to use it within a c++ program, I needed to modify it since it uses 
> the reserved word 'class' several times in error.c. I added the patches for 
> error.c and btparse.h.in to the patch tracker at sourceforge.

Hmmm.  It's possible I'll review that patch before the heat-death of the
universe, but don't count on it.

> Also, since it's such a small codebase, and isn't ubiquitous, I was 
> considering just including it within my app, and statically linking to it. 

Probably a good choice.

> As far as I can tell, I can do that legally according to the LGPL, since 
> Bookcase is licensed under the GPL v2. By Item 3 in the LGPL, I believe I'm 
> supposed to 'relicense' btparse under the GPL, correct?

Huh?  AFAIK I'm the only one who can change the license, since I'm the
copyright holder.  But I'm no lawyer, I'm just a programmer.  

[...]  Oh, wait, I had forgotten that I released btparse under the LGPL!  I
mostly use BSD licenses these days.

BTW, don't forget this bit:

"""
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
--------------------

See the "BUGS AND LIMITATIONS" section of the btparse(3) man page (in the
"doc/" subdirectory) for details.  Executive summary: due to a heavy
dependence on global variables in the parser and lexical scanner, btparse
is not even remotely thread-safe.  Furthermore, you can't have two files
open and being parsed at the same time; any attempt to do so is an illegal
use of the library and will result in your program crashing.
"""

        Greg
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