Hi again,

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 02:47:01PM +0200, Sebastian Harl wrote:
> Some of the m4 files shipped with enblend (e.g. m4/ax_check_gl.m4) are
> shipped with a note like this:
> 
>   @category InstalledPackages
>   @author Braden McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   @version 2004-11-15
>   @license AllPermissive
> 
> Could you please clarify the license of those files? Currently, they are
> non-redistributable, as that right is not explicitly granted to the user
> ("AllPermissive" could be basically anything). If you don't really care
> about any specific license, please use any of the well known and GPL
> compatible licenses like LGPL, GPL or the (three clause) BSD license to
> avoid license conflicts.

In a private response, Braden pointed me to [1] which includes new
versions of those macros that are licensed under the GPL2 + autoconf
macro exception (just like acx_pthread.m4). It would be nice if you
would include the new versions in the next enblend release.

TIA,
Sebastian

[1] http://code.google.com/p/autoconf-gl-macros/

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