macros: Changes to 'master'

[Dan Nicholson]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> From: Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:42:32 -0400
>>
>> > AC_LANG_DEFINES_PROVIDED seems to be only in newer, GPLv3, versions of au=
>> toconf ... is there a way around this?
>>
>> I looked at it yesterday, using AC_LANG_SOURCE should be the right thing
>> to do (some examples in the server). I can submit a patch later today if
>> no one else beats me to it. You can reset macros a couple of commits
>> back to get the build going.
>>
>> Not related to this problem. but can you elaborate on the issue of GPLv3
>> of autoconf?
>
> Many people object to the version 3 of the GPL.  This includes
> companies like Apple, projects like FreeBSD and OpenBSD, the primary
> author of the Linux kernel, etc. etc, each for their own reason.  My
> personal reason is that I don't understand the license anymore.  GPLv2
> is written in normal language; GPLv3 is full of lawyer speak.

This is just in the license of the build infrastructure, and doesn't
extend to the code it's being used with. Do you object to installing
newer GPLv3 versions of autoconf or are you worried it will infest the
code?

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Dan