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Re: Autogen 5.9.4 licensing
From: |
Deborah Nicholson |
Subject: |
Re: Autogen 5.9.4 licensing |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:24:34 -0500 |
Hi,
>
> Are you speaking about Autogen or Autoconf?
I'm writing about Autogen, sorry. That was probably extremely
confusing.
(We were just talking about the Autoconf exception here in the office)
>
> so I'm just checking in to see if you
> > > included GPLv2 rather GPLv3 in the COPYING file by mistake.
in Autogen, that is.
> > 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....
The COPYING file is the first place most people would look for licensing
info so it's pretty misleading if it's incorrect.
>
> If somebody wants such an option, they should speak up (best including a
> patch... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>