Re: License of m4/ltoptions.m4

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> > > > "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
>  Paul> Would you use the exact same wording in #2 that you
>  Paul> already uses in the aux scripts?  Does that wording still
>  Paul> apply?
>
> I think so.  Another idea would be to use a bison-like exception
> just to match the license of aclocal.m4:
>
>   As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, when
>   this file is copied by aclocal into an aclocal output file,
>   you may use that output file without restriction.
>
> However this seems quite restrictive too me, as it wouldn't work
> if the file were m4_included (we don't do that for Automake
> macros anyway, but is that a reason to disallow it?)

Maybe:

As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, when
this file is used as input for parts of GNU Autoconf, GNU Automake
or GNU Libtool, then you may use the resulting output file without 
restriction.

Cheers,
        Gary.

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