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Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question |
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:01:26 -0400 (EDT) |
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
GPL is often called "copyleft". It is copyrighted code which depends on the
real copyright holder to defend it, but assures the rights (to the source
code) of anyone who receives a binary program based on the work. If the
copyright holders for a work are not clear and legally defensable then the
work becomes indefensable and is really no better than if it was placed in
the "public domain". This is why contributors to GPL packages should ensure
that the package itself conforms to GPL recommended practices, and that it is
clear who wrote (or owns) the code (via ChangeLog, version control system,
and/or legal copyright assignment). In order to deal with the ownership
issue, all contributors to FSF projects sign a contract with the FSF so that
the FSF becomes the owner of their contributed work.
GPL and FSF projects overlap, but are not the same thing (you missed a
paragraph break, as well as the introduction of the second issue).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, (continued)
- Re: Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, John W. Eaton, 2008/08/21
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- Re: Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/08/22
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, Yavor Doganov, 2008/08/22
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, John Calcote, 2008/08/22
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/08/22
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, John Calcote, 2008/08/22
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, Ineiev, 2008/08/25
- Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/08/25
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