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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
> 





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