GNU bug report logs - #28838
Authoritative answer about licensing and copyright of provided scripts and templates

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Nick Bowler <nbowler <at> draconx.ca>
Cc: 28838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joël Krähemann <jkraehemann <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#28838: Authoritative answer about licensing and copyright of provided scripts and templates
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:24:33 +0100

Hello,

Nick Bowler <nbowler <at> draconx.ca> writes:

> On 2017-10-14, Joël Krähemann <jkraehemann <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need some authoritative answer about copyright notices to be used
>> for scripts and templates. The files generated by autoscan, autoconf,
>> automake or alike.
>>
>> I need this information in order to proceed with a submission on
>> savannah.gnu.org,
>> https://savannah.gnu.org/task/index.php?14667
>
> Since you posted this to the Automake list I will try to answer the
> Automake part of this question.  Note that I am not a legal expert
> and this is not legal advice (you won't find that on a volunteer
> mailing list).

Since this discussion is not related to an Automake bug, I will close it.

@Joël: If you have other questions regarding the licences of code
generated by automake or aclocal, please ask them on <automake <at> gnu.org>.

Thanks Nick for your explanation.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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