* Stefan Bienert wrote on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 02:19:26PM CET: >>> I already found acx_pthread in the autoconf-archive but it has the >>> wrong license for me. The macro is GPL with an exception on the >>> product of it. I need somethin BSDish with sort of no limitations in >>> use... >> >> Why would you need that? > > Well to distribute the whole project among all developers? This would > require including the source of the ACX_PTHREAD macro in the project > directory. Well, at least that's not the intention of the GPL+exception, as the FSF intends it. However, the FSF is not the copyright owner of the Autoconf Macro Archive, and modules there use more than one license, that should be noted. As to whether this actually makes a derived product is not for me to tell you (typically only a judge can answer that definitely), but I can tell you as much that the exception that is currently being drafted for use with GPLv3 in Autoconf, should ensure that you can distribute macro code with your code, if you use Autoconf. One can hope that the copyright holders of the Autoconf Macro Archive code will go along and use that same exception then. > As far as I understand the whole license thing (I am defenitively not > a lawyer) including GPl-Code in your project makes the project GPL... No, that's definitely wrong. What can happen is that you may lose (more precisely: not have) the right to distribute the infringing product as long as it infringes. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
