On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:24 +0200, Ondřej Lysoněk wrote:
a new version of libevent bundles a file ax_prog_doxygen.m4 [1]. The license text says the following:
# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are # permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice # and this notice are preserved.
Not being a native speaker, I'm not sure how exactly to interpret that sentence, but it sounds to me like there could be a restriction on commercial use.
(What got me additionally confused is that the file is hosted on gnu.org.)
Is this a Free software license or not?
Yes, namely:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.... https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#GNUAllPermissive https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FSFAP