Brian Thomas Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I see compilers -- and not just LISP compilers -- all the time, which > claim to control how their output may be used. The intel compiler, > for example, has an expensive license if you wish to build products > for commercial sale. Metrowerks Codewarrior used to be under a > similar license; I assume it still is.
If that's done by means of a contract then it's not relevant to the question of whether there is copyrightable material in the compiler output. A contract can make all sorts of restrictions that have nothing to do with copyright law.
