Re: AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent.

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Benjamin Reed wrote:
> FYI, gnulib != GNU libc.  http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
>
> It's just an umbrella project of bite-sized standalone portability
> fixes for other projects to use.

This project is primarily of interest to GPLed projects and not to 
non-GPL projects since the gnulib components are GPL or LGPL.  As 
expected to be used, LGPL gnulib components don't absolve a non-GPL 
application from GPL distribution requirements since the LGPL 
component is linked directly into the application.  Non-GPL projects 
typically write their own replacement function or see if they can port 
one from *BSD sources.

Many projects using autoconf are not distributed according to GPL and 
have no interest in becoming so.  For example, if xntp required a 
proprietary clock driver and used gnulib modules, then the binary 
could not be distributed unless that proprietary clock driver is also 
distributed in relinkable form so an arbitrary user could re-link 
xntp.

Bob
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