RE: GPL Interpretation on load [Was: [bug #61594] suggest new $(hash ...) function]

[rsbecker]

On December 1, 2021 9:41 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
> Cc: bug-make@gnu.org; boris@kolpackov.net
> Subject: Re: GPL Interpretation on load [Was: [bug #61594] suggest new
> $(hash ...) function]
> 
> > From: <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> > Cc: <tnmurphy@gmail.com>, <edward.welbourne@qt.io>, <bug-
> make@gnu.org>,
> >         <boris@kolpackov.net>
> > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:33:22 -0500
> >
> > > The test doesn't check that the library is under GPL, it tests that
> > > it's
> > "GPL-
> > > compatible", which means it's Free Software.  GNU Make doesn't want
> > > to load non-free modules.
> >
> > That is understood. Is this an official GNU Make policy because it is
> > not specified that way in GPL. Has the GNU Make team modified their
> > copy of the GPL license because it is not indicated as a modified
version?
> 
> That's the official policy of the whole GNU project.  GCC does the same,
as
> does Emacs and others.

It might be policy, but it is not explicitly quantified in the GPLv3. I was
looking for clarification. Thanks.