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Re: (libffi) Re: Copyright issue

Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> wrote:

>> Can anyone of the python-dev core team comment: can we live with the
>> GPL
>> licensed aclocal.m4 file, in the source distribution and in SVN?
>
> My understanding that doing so would be in violation of section 2b) of
> the GPL.

This would be a new interpretation of the license. The whole autotools chain is
GPL and it is used on way too many programs which are not GPL. They're so many
I won't even mention one. Anyway, IANAL, so if you're really concerned you can
mail the FSF and ask clarifications.

BTW, by your reading, libffi itself would be a GPL violation.

Giovanni Bajo
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