Files with this text were distributed in old GNU gettext
(gettext-0.10.40/po/Makefile.in.in:# This file file be copied and)
It looks like this odd license text has been corrected in the file
Makefile.in.in from GNU gettext 0.19.4, and possibly in earlier versions.
# Makefile for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
# Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2007, 2009-2010 by Ulrich Drepper
<drep...@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
#
# This file can be copied and used freely without restrictions. It can
# be used in projects which are not available under the GNU General Public
# License but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext
# functionality.
# Please note that the actual code of GNU gettext is covered by the GNU
# General Public License and is *not* in the public domain.
#
# Origin: gettext-0.19
I believe the intent is to offer the file under a permissive license
that is compatible with GPL, but it remains the case that no explicit
permission to modify the file is offered.
Since this file originates from GNU, perhaps they would be amenable to
reissuing it with terms like the GNU All-Permissive License, as
mentioned at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GNUAllPermissive
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty
provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
The latter notes that GNU considers this license good for files that are
part of a software build system
If your package distributes Autoconf macros that are intended to be used
(hence distributed) by third-party packages under possibly incompatible
licenses, you may also use the above all-permissive license for these
macros.
Of course, I also don't know whether this gettext po/Makefile.in.in is
suitable for direct replacement where it is used in various Debian
source packages.
Jeff
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