Daniel Berlin wrote on 04 August 2008 17:07:
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Joseph S. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>>
>>> * Joseph S. Myers wrote on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 10:00:38PM CEST:
>>>>
>>>> (But the configure code also
>>>> shouldn't allow configuring with a GPLv2 version of polylib.)
>>>
>>> Why? Use is not forbidden by incompatible free software licenses here,
>>> only redistribution is.
>>
>> This is the same principle as config.host giving an error for an attempt
>> to build on UWIN host: in both cases, avoid knowingly building something
>> undistributable.
>>
> If we are doing that, we really shouldn't be.
> One of the very explicit freedoms in the GPL is to be able to build
> versions for internal use that are not publicly distributed.
I can see the advantage of a speedbump in the path to prevent the
distribution of such versions happening merely by accident, though.
Maybe it should be an error that can be downgraded to a warning by adding
a configure option, something along the lines of
"--yes-i-understand-this-version-cannot-be-legally-distributed" ?
cheers,
DaveK
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