Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-22 Thread Warren Young
herb wrote: 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 th

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-22 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: Since this is the Autoconf list, it is worth pointing out that GPL requires that any developer-level source elements for the build/install environment (e.g. configure.ac) be included with the associated package. wow. You just asserted that GPL soft

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-22 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, John W. Eaton wrote: On 21-Jun-2007, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: | You are correct that a strict interpretation of GPL v2 does not allow | GPLed software to be installed using anything other than an an | open-sourced installation program which is itself licenced for | re-distrib

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, John W. Eaton wrote: Really? Even if the installer is not linked with the GPLed program that is installing? Why? I thought the GPL covered derivative works. How would an installer program be a derivative work of the program it installs? From GPL v2: "The source cod

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread John W. Eaton
On 21-Jun-2007, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: | You are correct that a strict interpretation of GPL v2 does not allow | GPLed software to be installed using anything other than an an | open-sourced installation program which is itself licenced for | re-distribution under a no more restrictive license

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, herb wrote: 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? Ev

Re: Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread Eric Blake
-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 th

Binary Version for Mac OS X?

2007-06-21 Thread herb
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