From a91e2a71d2af690517ebdfc96e9d7801e443398d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:09:47 -0600 Subject: Use GPLv2+ plus exception as license for release. Return back to GPLv2+, until the text of the exceptions is finalized, reverting the change from 2007-07-03 and the first part of the change from 2007-07-20. Also: * COPYING: Revert to GPLv2. * COPYINGv3: New file, since some auxiliary build tools, used for building autoconf and not installed, are GPLv3. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute COPYINGv3. * NEWS: Remove mention of GPLv3. * README: Clarify situation regarding GPLv3. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- README | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 303b5ae0..9641812f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -40,6 +40,25 @@ running `autoconf --version'. Archives of bug-autoconf@gnu.org can be found in , and similarly for the other mailing lists. +Licensing + +Autoconf is released under the General Public License (GPL). +Additionally, Autoconf includes a licensing exception in some of its +source files; see the respective copyright notices for how your +project is impacted by including scripts generated by Autoconf. + +This version of Autoconf uses GPLv2+ plus the above-mentioned +exceptions for its installed executables, as described in COPYING. +Meanwhile, several source files within the Autoconf project are under +GPLv3+, as described in COPYINGv3; these files are used for building +and installing Autoconf, but are not present in the installed +programs. The entire Autoconf project will move to GPLv3+ when the +exception statements have been reformulated in terms of the Additional +Permissions as described in section 7 of GPLv3. + +For more licensing information, see +. + ----- Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, -- cgit v1.2.1