Messages in this thread | | | Date | 22 Jan 2002 08:29:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2-2.1.3 is available |
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phillips@bonn-fries.net (Daniel Phillips) wrote on 22.01.02 in <E16Snav-0001kl-00@starship.berlin>:
> On January 21, 2002 06:05 pm, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > > Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > > > > > > I detect a slight lack of symmetry here, shouldn't it be "make > > > autoconfig"? Pardon me if this has been beaten to^W^W discussed above. > > > > > > Yes. It should be "make autoconfig", for symmterty reasons :-) > > I called the files and the project autoconfigure, because > > 'autoconfig' is already an utility made by GNU. (not related > > to kernel) > > This is kernel autoconfig, different namespace, same idea. I don't think > you have a problem. Besides, last time I checked, autoconfig wasn't > copyrighted.
Last time I checked, autoconf (not -ig) was GPL. But as long as you don't use code from it, copyright is completely irrelevant anyway: trademark status might be relevant when you're talking about names. (And %@$&$! patent status when talking about algorithms.)
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