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Re: (libffi) Re: Copyright issue

>>>>> "Giovanni" == Giovanni Bajo <rasky@develer.com> writes:

Giovanni> This would be a new interpretation of the license. The whole
Giovanni> autotools chain is GPL and it is used on way too many
Giovanni> programs which are not GPL. They're so many I won't even
Giovanni> mention one. Anyway, IANAL, so if you're really concerned
Giovanni> you can mail the FSF and ask clarifications.

No, Martin is correct about this.  The output of autoconf is
explicitly *not* under the GPL, by design.  This is also true for the
m4 macros from automake -- again, an explicit decision.

The problem is, some other projects have not been so careful.

Tom
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