[antlr-interest] Re: ANTLR 3 License

[Braden McDaniel]

Quoting lgcraymer <lgc at mail1.jpl.nasa.gov>:

> Ter has aggressively kept ANTLR public domain.

BSD isn't public domain, either. "Public domain" means, effectively, that 
*anyone* has copyright; no rights are reserved by the author.

>  LGPL violates the PD
> philosophy that anyone should be allowed to take advantage of the
> work, make money from it, or otherwise tamper with it in secret.

That's inaccurate.

One is required to distribute one's modifications to LGPL software only if the 
combined work is distributed. Within that limitation, it is quite possible 
to "take advantage of the work, make money from it, or otherwise tamper with 
it in secret."

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