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