Re: HEAD: make tagdemo use new-style headers and namespaces if possible

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 06:53:48PM CEST:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> 
> >This patch should make tagdemo pass with all sorts of (non-)conforming
> >C++ compilers.  AC_CXX_NAMESPACES and AC_CXX_HAVE_STD are taken from the
> >autoconf macro archive.  A macro to put all compilers in ISO C++ mode
> >would've been nicer, but a quick search hasn't turned up one.
> >
> >OK for CVS HEAD?
> 
> The patch looks fine to me but are the authors of these macros cleared 
> to contribute to libtool?

Oh brother, this sucks.  ac-archive should've converted to the same
all-permissive licence we've put our macros under.

But wait: we're not using these macros in other packages, merely our
tests.  We're not contributing it, it's externally maintained software
under GPL v2, with the Autoconf exception.

Thus I don't see the need to have copyright assignments, just as with,
for example, libltdl/config/depcomp.  Am I missing something?  Or is the
fact that I include the macro source files the problem?

Surely I would not mind asking these authors for permission, I just hope
this won't end in a lot of legal work -- a reimplementation will suck
gigantically namespace- and style-wise but cost less than a half hour.

Cheers,
Ralf