Can I reuse autconf/rpmbuild input files?

[Matt England <me...@mengland.net>]

Subversion authors/developers-

Can I reuse your autconf/rpmbuild input files without restriction?

Namely:  I'm interested in copying parts of the files found here:

http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/configure.in
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/build/ac-macros/
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/packages/rpm/rhel-4/

to help me save time getting started on my own autoconf- and rpmbuild-based 
stuff.  Can the Subversion project official grant me authority to do 
this?  If so, how can this be done?

My project is GPL-based.  I had considering add this header to the related 
files I would create this way (as per 
<http://subversion.tigris.org/project_license.html>).  However, my team's 
legal advise has said:

"Although the GNU website does not list this [Subversion] license as one 
that they consider to be incompatible with the GPL, it could be seen as 
incompatible due to the acknowledgement requirements in the documentation."

Hence I felt it best to pose this email to the -dev list.  Thanks for your 
consideration.

-Matt


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