On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Joseph S. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>
>> * Joseph S. Myers wrote on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 10:00:38PM CEST:
>> >
>> > (But the configure code also
>> > shouldn't allow configuring with a GPLv2 version of polylib.)
>>
>> Why? Use is not forbidden by incompatible free software licenses here,
>> only redistribution is.
>
> This is the same principle as config.host giving an error for an attempt
> to build on UWIN host: in both cases, avoid knowingly building something
> undistributable.
>
If we are doing that, we really shouldn't be.
One of the very explicit freedoms in the GPL is to be able to build
versions for internal use that are not publicly distributed.
