Am Montag, 4. Dezember 2006 20:04 schrieb Linas Žvirblis:
> Dennis Schridde wrote:
> > How do other packages in Debian handle the install-sh file which comes
> > under the X11 license as you told me a while ago?
>
> This one is fine. X11 is GPL compatible license. It means that you can
> relicense your modified copy under the GPL at any time. Although it
> makes little sense, as this is a generated file, and will ignore your
> changes anyway.
>
> > Do they all have to add a notice?
>
> No, no notice is needed.
>
> > Or did they not ship that file?
>
> Yes, they do not ship it. But for a different reason.
>
> As it is a generated file, it is updated at every build. It simply makes
> no sense to ship it, or keep it on version control systems for that
> matter. The same goes for other any other file generated by autotools.
>
> I had a quick look at the SVN trunk of Warzone 2100 and I did not see
> any such files, so everything seems to be just fine.
Before release I ran ./autogen.sh, which (besides version checks) runs 
autoconf,automake and similar tools. Should I not do that?
Because usually packages don't require people to run ./autogen.sh or 
similar...

--Dennis

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