On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:24 PM Ondřej Lysoněk <olysonek(a)redhat.com> 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.
I think it's the opposite. I read this as "you are not charged for
permission to copy and distribute this file". Since this notice must
be preserved, I would say you can't charge to share this specific
file, but if it's part of a larger work, I don't read this as
prohibiting that. (In other words, you're charging for the larger
work, not this specific file.)
I am not a lawyer, though, so don't take this as an authoritative statement.
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