Re: Question about automatic generation of GPLv3 COPYING file

Richard: I will discuss the issue with the Automake maintainer. I have never used Automake myself, so I don't know the issues. Thank you for looking into this. I think that your opinion would be valuable in figuring out the best behavior for automake. In summary, the issue is that since au

Re: Question about automatic generation of GPLv3 COPYING file

This has caused some confusion for some modules (such as the GNOME gconf-editor, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-media-apps, and gphoto modules). These programs are licensed under GPLv2 (or later). But since these modules didn't have a COPYING file, now they have a GPLv3 COPYING

Re: Question about automatic generation of GPLv3 COPYING file

Richard: This has caused some confusion for some modules (such as the GNOME gconf-editor, gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-media-apps, and gphoto modules). These programs are licensed under GPLv2 (or later). But since these modules didn't have a COPYING file, now they have a GPLv3

Re: Question about automatic generation of GPLv3 COPYING file

Hello, and apologies for the long delay. I am installing this patch to the git master and branch-1-10 version of Automake. It adds an unconditional note to the output of automake --add-missing that GPLv3 is being installed