[vlc-devel] Fwd: GNU config (config.sub/guess) is now GPLv3 with additional permission

[Rafaël Carré]

Le 01/06/2013 11:15, Rémi Denis-Courmont a écrit :
> FYI.
> 
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> Sujet : GNU config (config.sub/guess) is now GPLv3 with additional permission
> Date : samedi 1 juin 2013, 00:44:00
> De : Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh at hmh.eng.br>
> À :  debian-devel-announce at lists.debian.org
> 
> This is a notice to all packages that use GNU config (aka config.sub and
> config.guess) in their build systems.
> 
> Upstream has changed the license to GPLv3.  It has an additional
> permission to negate any "viral effects", but it only applies to
> packages that include a configuration script generated by GNU
> autoconf.
> 
> The new autotools-dev package, with the changed license, has been
> uploaded to Debian unstable a few minutes ago.
> 
> If your package is GPLv3, this license change is not a problem.
> 
> If your package uses GNU autoconf or GNU automake, this license change
> shouldn't have any further effects, as it explictly allows you to
> continue distributing your package under another license.
> 
> The above covers the vast majority of packages, as it is very rare for
> any build system to need config.sub or config.guess and _not_ use GNU
> autoconf.

Such an example of this rarity is x264

> Here is the new license text for config.sub and config.guess:
> 
>    This file 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 3 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 to the GNU General Public License, if you
>    distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
>    configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
>    the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that
>    program.  This Exception is an additional permission under section 7
>    of the GNU General Public License, version 3 ("GPLv3").
>