Re: License of m4/ltoptions.m4

2004-11-09 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
I never paid attention to the wording before (they did make sense in ltdl.c) but the wording of the special exception is not as wonderful as it should be: # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a # configuratio

Re: License of m4/ltoptions.m4

2004-11-09 Thread Paul Eggert
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Some ideas: > > 1. prefix all the m4/*.m4 licenses with `##' so aclocal > omit them from aclocal.m4 (leaving only the "unlimited > permission to ..." license added by aclocal) > > 2. add an exception to all the m4/*.m4 files similar

Re: License of m4/ltoptions.m4

2004-11-09 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gary> Hi Ralf, Gary> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:33:29PM CET: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> There is no exception from the GPL in m4/ltoptions.m4, like >>> there is in the ot

Re: Creating some directory at install time.

2004-11-09 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Rich" == Richard Dawe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rich> Lucas Brasilino wrote: >> I'm wondering how can I create '$(localstatedir)/lib/$(PACKAGE)' >> directory at install time. Rich> You could use an install-*-local target in your Makefile.am. Note that if your install-{exec,data}-loc

Re: License of m4/ltoptions.m4

2004-11-09 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Ralf, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:33:29PM CET: > >>Hello! >> >>There is no exception from the GPL in m4/ltoptions.m4, like >>there is in the other lt*.m4 files in that directory. Is >>that an oversight or is this file only needed for