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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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