Re: [Vala] Generated code license?

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 11:13 -0700, Mike wrote:
> Do the vala authors reserve any copyright on the biolerplate code and 
> such?  Or is it public domain, then the author of the input vala code 
> takes ownership?

There is very little fixed boilerplate and I do not consider any Vala
compiler output a derivative of the compiler (unless the compiler input
is a derivative of it, of course). There is some code in the GLib VAPI,
however, that is covered by the following clause in the license header:

 * As a special exception, if you use inline functions from this file,
this
 * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered
by
 * the GNU Lesser General Public License.

I.e., as with most other compilers, Vala does not limit the licensing
choices of your software.

Regards,
Jürg