[antlr-interest] 2.8 update

[John D. Mitchell]

>>>>> "Terence" == Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> writes:
[...]

>> I must have missed something. What's wrong with public domain?

> Essentially, I'm exposed to lawsuits etc... w/o the explicit "watch out,
> this software could exterminate humanity" warning. ;) We had a long
> discussion about this a few months back, but can't remember everything.
> A lot of companies nowadays say that they can't use public domain stuff
> for some reason.

It gets into the exposure to the liability of various types of IP (the big
one these days is patents).

Alas, that's why even BSD isn't enough for anyone who's seriously paranoid.

Take care,
	John