Re: How to properly handle contradicting licenses in a single file (aclocal.m4)

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From: Soren Stoutner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:16:29 -0700
Message-ID: <14022356.y0N7aAr316@soren-desktop>
Organization: Debian
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On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 4:32:03=E2=80=AFAM Mountain Standard Time Marc H=
aber wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> aclocal.m4 is obviously built by autotools by concatting segments that
> might have contradicting licenses. For example, the aclocal.m4 of the
> aide package has AT LEAST the following copyright statements in
> different points of the SAME file:

This is how I handle it for courier:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/courier/-/blob/master/debian/copyright?
ref_type=3Dheads#L77-95

=2D-=20
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]
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