Re: Automake and GPLv3

2007-08-30 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
On 8/30/07, Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something fuzzily along the lines that all code emitted by these tools > are, by that action alone, released to the public domain with no licensing > requirements or constraints whatever? After all, they are sufficiently > convoluted that I certa

Re: Automake and GPLv3

2007-08-30 Thread Harlan Stenn
Eric, Sounds good - thanks very much! H

Re: Automake and GPLv3

2007-08-30 Thread Harlan Stenn
This is the first I've seen on this thread. I have heard that GPLv3 is viral/invasive. The short question I have is: If automake/autoconf use GPLv3, will I be able to use them for packages that are NOT GPLv3? IE, if GPLv3 is viral/invasive, I cannot use software covered by GPLv3 for most of t

Re: Automake and GPLv3

2007-08-30 Thread Bruce Korb
On 8/29/07, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > The short question I have is: > > > > If automake/autoconf use GPLv3, will I be able to use them for packages > > that are NOT GPLv3? > > The goal is YES. Remember, with autoconf 2.61 and automake 1.10, bo