> > Um... how does this not infect the APR tree with the GPL? My > > understanding is that we can redistribute the *output* of GNU > development > > tools like this, but not the actual tools themselves. > > If we can't distribute this file, then we can't use autoconf/libtool. > Like the file says, we need these files, because we are more portable than > the GNU tools we rely on.
Simple workaround: contact the autoconf/libtool developers and ask them to incorporate the changes. Explain to them that you will need to drop autoconf otherwise and why. Sander
