[PATCH libxkbcommon 0/2] Use flex and bison features

[Matt Turner]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb at laas.fr> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 04:02:09PM -0500, Matt Turner wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb at laas.fr> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 02:58:32AM +0200, Ran Benita wrote:
>> >> These patches break yacc and lex compatibility mainly for removing the
>> >> global state from the parser, which I think is expected given that this
>> >> is a library.
>> >
>> > nack. We don't want to have bison and flex as build dependencies on
>> > non Linux systems.
>>
>> I don't understand. Why? License?
>
> Yes.

But the thing about GPL, v3 or otherwise, is that they cover
distribution and not use. I think I'm right when I say that you don't
agree to the GPL by using GPL-licensed software.

So, I guess I still don't understand why it's a problem.