Re: make variable for GPL compliant builds

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On 09/02/2012 03:30 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> I have a couple of projects that include some non-GPL friendly code

Such as?

> 
> However, such code is optional and can be disabled
> 
> I would like to give people a way to set some variable that excludes all
> the non-GPL stuff, so they can build a re-distributable binary, e.g.
> 
>    make GPL_FREE_BINARIES=1 all

That name sounds like you are building a project free from any GPL
modules; a better name might be GPL_ONLY_BINARIES.

> 
> Is there any standard name for such a variable, or has this been
> contemplated?

No, and no.  And such a name would have to be provided by the packages
in question, because it does not sound like it is common enough to be
worth doing in autoconf.

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Eric Blake   eblake@xxxxxxxxxx    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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