[Python-Dev] (libffi) Re: Copyright issue (original) (raw)

Giovanni Bajo rasky at develer.com
Sat Jan 28 00:56:03 CET 2006

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Can anyone of the python-dev core team comment: can we live with the GPL licensed aclocal.m4 file, in the source distribution and in SVN? My understanding that doing so would be in violation of section 2b) of the GPL.

This would be a new interpretation of the license. The whole autotools chain is GPL and it is used on way too many programs which are not GPL. They're so many I won't even mention one. Anyway, IANAL, so if you're really concerned you can mail the FSF and ask clarifications.

BTW, by your reading, libffi itself would be a GPL violation.

Giovanni Bajo

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