automake: Distributing

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1 24 Distributing ‘Makefile.in’s
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1 Automake places no restrictions on the distribution of the resulting
1 ‘Makefile.in’s.  We still encourage software authors to distribute their
1 work under terms like those of the GPL, but doing so is not required to
1 use Automake.
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1    Some of the files that can be automatically installed via the
1 ‘--add-missing’ switch do fall under the GPL.  However, these also have
1 a special exception allowing you to distribute them with your package,
1 regardless of the licensing you choose.
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