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        <h1 property="dc:title">Autoconf macro exception</h1>
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      <div style="display:none;"><code property="spdx:deprecated">false</code></div>
      <h2>Full name</h2>
          <div property="spdx:name"><p style="margin-left: 20px;">Autoconf macro exception</p></div>

      <h2>Short identifier</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:licenseExceptionId">Autoconf-exception-macro</code></p>

      <h2>Other web pages for this exception</h2>
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          <li><a href="https://github.com/freedesktop/xorg-macros/blob/39f07f7db58ebbf3dcb64a2bf9098ed5cf3d1223/xorg-macros.m4.in" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">https://github.com/freedesktop/xorg-macros/blob/39f07f7db58ebbf3dcb64a2bf9098ed5cf3d1223/xorg-macros.m4.in</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_pthread.html" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_pthread.html</a></li>
          <li><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/xmltooling/+copyright" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/xmltooling/+copyright</a></li>
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      <blockquote cite="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/">
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		      Text in italicized blue is omittable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b35-guideline-omittable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.5</a>).
		      License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it either includes or excludes this omittable text.
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			  Text in red is replaceable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b34-guideline-replaceable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.4</a>).
			  License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it includes a permitted variant of this replaceable text.
			  The permitted variants can be found in the corresponding regular expression as shown in title text visible by hovering over the red text.
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               As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro&apos;s copyright owner
               gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
               scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
               need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
               or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
               Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
               all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
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               This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
               Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
               modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
               exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
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