Re: Bison + Autoscan + Coreutils

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 27 Sep 2002 15:03:15 +0200

> Here is the plan: introduce a macro which says `I swear I'm GPL'.
> Then we can start shipping quotearg, argmatch etc. with Autoconf, and
> have it be able to run the corresponding tests, ask for their shipping
> to Automake etc.  Another Autoconf release? => autoreconf --install
> update the files.  Maybe it even adds a new requirement for argmatch,
> say quotearg => without noticing, quotearg.[ch] are shipped set up
> etc.

That all sounds good, except for the "I swear I'm GPL" part.  I'm not
sure it's Autoconf's job to enforce the GPL, and I can see any number
of glitches will will be a pain for Autoconf users to work around.

How about if we just include a GPL'ed quotearg etc. in Autoconf, and
then have the user worry about following the licenses appropriately?
That's what they do now anyway.  We should mention the issue in the
Autoconf FAQ, which talks about licensing matters, but otherwise I
don't think we need to worry about it.