[Python-Dev] DRAFT: python-dev Summary for 2006-01-01 through 2006-01-15

[John J Lee]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Thomas Heller wrote:
[...]
> As I said in the other thread  (where the discussion should probably be
> continued anyway):
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-January/060113.html
> 
> only aclocal.m4 isn't clear to me about the license.  Anyway, it could
> be that this file isn't needed after all - I don't know enough about the
> GNU toolchain to be sure.  Can anyone comment on this?

>From 'info autoconf':

|   The Autoconf macros are defined in several files.  Some of the files
| are distributed with Autoconf; `autoconf' reads them first.  Then it
| looks for the optional file `acsite.m4' in the directory that contains
| the distributed Autoconf macro files, and for the optional file
| `aclocal.m4' in the current directory.  Those files can contain your
| site's or the package's own Autoconf macro definitions (*note Writing
[...]

So, I assume aclocal.m4 is under the same license as the rest of the
libffi you're using.


John