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Re: [Python-Dev] (libffi) Re: Copyright issue

From: Bill Northcott <w dot northcott at unsw dot edu dot au>
To: "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v dot loewis dot de>
Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>, Thomas Heller <theller at python dot net>, libffi-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com, Anthony Green <green at redhat dot com>, python-dev at python dot org
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:04:54 +1100
Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] (libffi) Re: Copyright issue
References: <ADA29999-DC79-4062-80C3-A96029B09E49@unsw.edu.au>

On 29/01/2006, at 5:48 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Yes, but your conclusion is wrong. Python uses autoconf, but not
aclocal/automake. The generated configure is explicitly not covered by
the GPL;

What makes you think that? I can see no such concession in the autoconf source distribution. A configure script is built up from lots of code fragments out of the autoconf and automake M4 files, and would clearly be covered by GPL.

Bill Northcott

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