wok-6.x annotate autoconf-archive/description.txt @ rev 24539
updated fbgrab (1.3 -> 1.5)
| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Wed Feb 23 15:32:13 2022 +0100 (2022-02-23) |
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| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 1 The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 500 macros for GNU Autoconf |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 2 that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of the cause |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 3 from all over the Internet. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 4 Every single one of those macros can be re-used without imposing any restrictions |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 5 whatsoever on the licensing of the generated configure script. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 6 In particular, it is possible to use all those macros in configure scripts |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 7 that are meant for non-free software. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 8 This policy is unusual for a Free Software Foundation project. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 9 The FSF firmly believes that software ought to be free, and software licenses like |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 10 the GPL are specifically designed to ensure that derivative work based on free |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 11 software must be free as well. In case of Autoconf, however, an exception has been made, |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 12 because Autoconf is at such a pivotal position in the software development tool chain |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 13 that the benefits from having this tool available as widely as possible outweigh the |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 14 disadvantage that some authors may choose to use it, too, for proprietary software. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 15 |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 16 This official web site of this project is located at |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 17 https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/. |
| Hans-G?nter@24036 | 18 All available information concerning this project is referenced from there. |