Bob Proulx wrote: > Sebastian Pipping wrote: >> Thanks for your replies! As I understood the Automake >> release is delayed because its licensing info has not >> been updated to GPLv3 yet? > > Actually the reverse. Because the licensing has already been updated > it is now delayed. Automake installs auxiliary files into your > project. They have previously had this license wording. > > # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you > # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a > # configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under > # the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program. > > The FSF wants to handle exceptions very carefully and deliberately. > Therefore the release of the autotools projects have been delayed > while the licensing exception to allow this for GPLv3 has been getting > worked out. > >> If that is the case I wonder why new code depends >> on this. Can't you just push the licensing thing >> to a later release if the responsible people don't >> have time for this? > > That has been considered but we would like to make the release under > GPLv3. The code tree has already moved to GPLv3.
Thanks for your clarification! Sebastian
