Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-25 Thread Ineiev
On 8/22/08, Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, John Calcote wrote: As someone has already mentioned, the rules of the GPL *ONLY* apply to non-originators. The purpose of the GPL is to protect the rights of the originator. The originator of software under GPL has

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Ineiev wrote: I read the GPL as we give you the program under the condition that you shall not distribute it in other way than such and such. I thought there was no clause we promise to do this and that. It is nothing other than getting from the originator under the terms

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-25 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: GPL is often called copyleft. It is copyrighted code which depends on the real copyright holder to defend it, but assures the rights (to the source code) of anyone who receives a binary program based on the work. If the copyright holders for a

Re: Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Tim Post wrote on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 05:21:04AM CEST: 2 - People updating their svn / git / hg from your's may actually have to solve merge conflicts in configure itself, which is a __major__ pain in the butt. This happens if they have run 'autoreconf' themselves, or similar.

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread Yavor Doganov
В Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:21:04 +0800, Tim Post написа: The GPL requires only that you make the source code available with all files needed to complete the build. So, in essence, you could exclude the things needed to rebuild the build system, but you would alienate anyone who is willing to help

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread John Calcote
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yavor Doganov wrote: В Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:21:04 +0800, Tim Post написа: The GPL requires only that you make the source code available with all files needed to complete the build. So, in essence, you could exclude the things needed to rebuild

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, John Calcote wrote: As someone has already mentioned, the rules of the GPL *ONLY* apply to non-originators. The purpose of the GPL is to protect the rights of the originator. The originator of software under GPL has MORE rights than the GPL grants. He or she has all rights

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread Peter O'Gorman
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hello, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 06:07:22PM CEST: From the very beginning, lies my intention in this point: As there are features to correct and implement, I do not want to have any extra headaches from the svn users like Oh, i can't `make

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-22 Thread John Calcote
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, John Calcote wrote: As someone has already mentioned, the rules of the GPL *ONLY* apply to non-originators. The purpose of the GPL is to protect the rights of the originator. The originator of software

configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread js_bach
Hello all, As I couldn't find anything on this specific issue, better ask... After being able to compile my code with help of autotools, now i want to deliver it as a package. In this case I dont want to give out my configure.ac and Makefile.ams in order to avoid some extra fiddling from others.

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/21/2008 5:34 AM: Hello all, As I couldn't find anything on this specific issue, better ask... After being able to compile my code with help of autotools, now i want to deliver it as a package. In this case I

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Eric Blake wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/21/2008 5:34 AM: Hello all, As I couldn't find anything on this specific issue, better ask... After being able to compile my code with help of autotools, now i want to

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/21/2008 6:51 AM: If it's _his_ source code (and assuming that _he_ licensed it GPL), he can distribute whatever set of files he chooses. The restriction applies for files that he gets from someone else. yes

Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread John Calcote
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Thomas Dickey wrote: If it's _his_ source code (and assuming that _he_ licensed it GPL), he can distribute whatever set of files he chooses. The restriction applies for files that he gets from someone

Re: Re: configure.ac, Makefile.am question

2008-08-21 Thread Tim Post
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 18:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well till i get things running, i dont want to get anyone fiddle around with the build system, that's all. After that, i'd appreciate if anyone comes up with a patch, change whatever it is. Help is always welcomed to give and take.

Re: Makefile.am question

2005-06-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* tom fogal wrote on Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:31:06AM CEST: Also I wonder if this is the appropriate list to ask this type of question? Doesn't automake have a mailing list? anyway... Yes, it does: automake@ with the same domain. *snip fine explanations* [EMAIL PROTECTED]William Estrada

Re: Makefile.am question

2005-06-13 Thread tom fogal
I hope others will comment / correct me, I'm somewhat new to the auto* world myself. Also I wonder if this is the appropriate list to ask this type of question? Doesn't automake have a mailing list? anyway... [EMAIL PROTECTED]William Estrada writes: snip is how do I configure Makefile.am? The

Makefile.am question

2005-06-12 Thread William Estrada
Hi guys, I have a project that uses autoconf. The autoconf code is working. I now wish to add some code that will compile for use on a mips processor. My problem is how do I configure Makefile.am? The make file I am using for the new module looks like this: prefix=/usr/local