Hi, > > Are you speaking about Autogen or Autoconf? I'm writing about Autogen, sorry. That was probably extremely confusing.
(We were just talking about the Autoconf exception here in the office) > > so I'm just checking in to see if you > > > included GPLv2 rather GPLv3 in the COPYING file by mistake. in Autogen, that is. > > It is supposed to be GPLv3+, but I confess that I am completely lazy > > about reading the copied in "COPYING" file. I distribute whatever it is > > that "automake --add-missing" puts in there. It ought to be defaulting > > to GPLv3 and, perhaps, have an option for installing the old variation. > > I wouldn't need the option, but nonetheless.... The COPYING file is the first place most people would look for licensing info so it's pretty misleading if it's incorrect. > > If somebody wants such an option, they should speak up (best including a > patch... ;-) > > Cheers, > Ralf >
