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In my case, I am using gperf, I didn't fint it in the gnu gpl.

The C code generated by gperf, is very simple, and doesn't have any licensing header.

I guessed that a file without a licence at the beginning is totaly in the domain public.

Am I right?

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From the GPL FAQ (which is an excellent resource for understanding the licenced):

Q. In what cases is the output of a GPL program covered by the GPL too?

A. Only when the program copies part of itself into the output.

Paul Dixon
thanks for the answer, maybe I am a twisted mind, but is const char* considered as part of the program?
Pierre Guilbert
IANAL, but it's part of the language spec, not something that could reasonably be a copyrightable element of an arbitrary program
Paul Dixon