Re: Autogen 5.9.4 licensing

[Bruce Korb]

On Jan 28, 2008 12:37 PM, Deborah Nicholson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
> This is Deborah and I maintain the Free Software Directory. I was just
> adding the newest version of Autoconf. As part of that process, I always
> look at the licenses.
>
> The latest version of Autoconf comes with GPLv2, but some of the files
> have a GPLv3 or later notice on them. The last version of Auotconf was
> licensed with v3 or later, so I'm just checking in to see if you
> included GPLv2 rather GPLv3 in the COPYING file by mistake.
>
> If it's not an oversight, just let me know what you intended so I can
> list the project properly.
>
> Thanks,
> Deborah

Hi Deborah,

It is supposed to be GPLv3+, but I confess that I am completely lazy
about reading the copied in "COPYING" file.  I distribute whatever it is
that "automake --add-missing" puts in there.  It ought to be defaulting
to GPLv3 and, perhaps, have an option for installing the old variation.
I wouldn't need the option, but nonetheless....

Thanks - Bruce