Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the m4 files, I propose to add the standard notice to them: > > dnl Copyright (C) YEARS Free Software Foundation, Inc. > dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU > dnl General Public License. As a special exception to the GNU General > dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program > dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under > dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
For GPL'ed modules, I'd rather just use the GPL, as it's simpler and clearer. I don't see the point of having a special exception for the m4 files if the underlying code is GPLed. For LGPL'ed modules the situation is a bit murkier, and the above notice would be fine with me.