-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to herb on 6/21/2007 4:25 PM: > Hi there. I have created a Mac OS X 10.4 package that installs > Autoconf 2.61. I was wondering if it was "allowed" to have it > uploaded to the ftp site. Would it break any rules, such as the fact > that the Mac OS X "Installer" program is proprietary software? Even > though Installer is proprietary software, the package is not software > at all, and installer is just opening it. Or is there not allowed to > be any proprietary software in the equation at all? If it is a MacOS specific binary, you are probably better off trying to post it on a MacOS site. The gnu.org site tends to focus on source distribution, not pre-compiled binaries. And you are correct that using GNU sites to distribute proprietary products violates the GNU philosophy and will not be permitted. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGexCI84KuGfSFAYARAmPjAJwPobfgAa4ndZewXbonZB2XxXqqoQCgpBGv VfbAldze1ee/9dFar19Cc1I= =bKod -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
