Re: License of libevent's ax_prog_doxygen.m4

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Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:24 +0200, Ondřej Lysoněk wrote:
>> a new version of libevent bundles a file ax_prog_doxygen.m4 [1]. The
>> license text says the following:
>> 
>> #   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
>> #   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
>> #   and this notice are preserved.
>> 
>> Not being a native speaker, I'm not sure how exactly to interpret that
>> sentence, but it sounds to me like there could be a restriction on
>> commercial use.
>> 
>> (What got me additionally confused is that the file is hosted on gnu.org.)
>> 
>> Is this a Free software license or not?
>
> Yes, namely:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#GNUAllPermissive
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FSFAP

Ah, excellent. Thank you both.

Ondřej
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