On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:30 -0400, Ted Ross wrote: > I would like to add a new m4 macro definition (AC_PROG_SWIG) to the CPP > build directory but it has the following license text. I understand > that GPLv2 is not compatible with the Apache license but I don't know if > the stated exceptions make it ok to incorporate this source. >
IANAL! But looking at the license below I think that the exceptions only apply to scripts generated by the m4 macros. This being the case I think that the macros themselves are licensed purely via GPLv2. If we wanted to include just the generated configure script then it looks to me like that is ok, but the m4 macros aren't > Can someone with more legal knowledge that I have weigh in on this? As I said IANAL and this "legal" advice is worth what you paid for it :-) Andrew > > Thanks, > > -Ted > > # LICENSE > # > # Copyright (c) 2008 Sebastian Huber <sebastian-hu...@web.de> > # Copyright (c) 2008 Alan W. Irwin <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> > # Copyright (c) 2008 Rafael Laboissiere <raf...@laboissiere.net> > # Copyright (c) 2008 Andrew Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > # > # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the > # Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your > # option) any later version. > # > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General > # Public License for more details. > # > # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along > # with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > # > # As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner > # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure > # scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You > # need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using > # or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the > # Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern > # all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro. > # > # This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf > # Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a > # modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special > # exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org
