[antlr-interest] Downloading 2.8

[Loring Craymer]

Oliver--

Yes, that's the right way to get 2.8.  The restrictions are ones that 
Caltech/JPL agreed to license software through open channel.  Note that the 
license only applies to some of the files (and none of the library 
classes)--I'd prefer a more open distribution policy, but the license 
conditions are to allow Open Channel to retain commercialization rights in 
exchange for collecting the information about distribution that NASA 
requires.  Eventually, I plan to bootstrap a version which uses ANTLR trees 
to implement the grammar generation algorithm and is free of the Open 
Channel distribution restrictions.

Ter was going to post a pointer on the main ANTLR site.  I've been too busy 
to do much about publicizing the release except in this forum.

--Loring


At 02:26 PM 5/5/2005, Oliver Zeigermann wrote:
>Folks!
>
>Is this
>
>http://www.openchannelsoftware.org/orders/index.php?group_id=339
>
>the right way to get 2.8? Can't believe this. Who is going to sign
>that license and fax it back? Also when searching for antlr and "2.8"
>with Google you will not find this.
>
>I am confused. Why are things like this?
>
>Oliver