Re: Bug#191717: automake1.6: install-sh licensing nightmare?
On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 03:53 AM, Branden Robinson wrote:
Is your argument that because of the nature of GNU automake, it might
be
causing our users to inadvertently infringe MIT's copyright?
Yes, that's the argument. See the first paragraph under the quoted
material, which reads in part:
"...but it also automatically installs a copy of install-sh
into automake-using packages when --add-missing is used. The
authors of these other software packages are almost certainly
not aware of this clause in the install-sh license and how it
affects their programs."
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