public domain?

[Chris Torek]

> . any program written in yacc is proprietary, because the algorithms
>   output by yacc are proprietary.

I have heard the claim (and it makes sense to me) that SOURCE code put
out by yacc is proprietary, since it contains /usr/lib/yaccpar.  I've
never heard it claimed (but wouldn't be TOO surprised at ANYTHING AT&T
does) that object code produced with the aid of yacc is proprietary.
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