Re: 'New' licenses

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On 2012-11-12, Tom Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/12/2012 12:48 PM, Jaromir Capik wrote:
>> 
>> 1.) FSF-configure / FSF-unlimited / FSF-configure-unlimited
>> 
>> a.) 
>> 
>> # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> #
>> #
>> # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
>> # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
>
> I have added this as "FSFUL"...
>
>> b.)
>> 
>> #   Copyright 1996-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> #
>> #
>> #   This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation gives
>> #   unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
>> #   modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
>
> ... and this variant as "FSFULLR".
>
The licenses are missing a permission to execute the code. Does it mean
we cannot execute configure scripts?

Is it bug in the license text? Or just an US---EU discrepancy? Should we
obtain clarification from FSF?

-- Petr

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