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diff --git a/devel/autoconf-archive/pkg-descr b/devel/autoconf-archive/pkg-descr index 807bea4620d5..fc8ed3fbc131 100644 --- a/devel/autoconf-archive/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/autoconf-archive/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,14 @@ -The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 450 macros for GNU -Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters -of the cause from all over the Internet. Every single one of those macros -can be re-used without imposing any restrictions whatsoever on the licensing -of the generated configure script. In particular, it is possible to use all -those macros in configure scripts that are meant for non-free software. +The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 500 macros for GNU +Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of +the cause from all over the Internet. Every single one of those macros can be +re-used without imposing any restrictions whatsoever on the licensing of the +generated configure script. In particular, it is possible to use all those +macros in configure scripts that are meant for non-free software. This policy is +unusual for a Free Software Foundation project. The FSF firmly believes that +software ought to be free, and software licenses like the GPL are specifically +designed to ensure that derivative work based on free software must be free as +well. In case of Autoconf, however, an exception has been made, because Autoconf +is at such a pivotal position in the software development tool chain that the +benefits from having this tool available as widely as possible outweigh the +disadvantage that some authors may choose to use it, too, for proprietary +software. |