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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Parabola] TeXLive auditing
From: |
Michał Masłowski |
Subject: |
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Parabola] TeXLive auditing |
Date: |
Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:50:56 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> % This macro file belongs to the public domain
> % under the conditions specified by the author of TeX:
> %
> % ``Macro files like PLAIN.TEX should not be changed in any way,
> % except with respect to preloaded fonts,
> % unless the changes are authorized by the authors of the macros.''
> %
> % Donald E. Knuth
> %
> % For details see MEXINFO.ENG or MEXINFO.POL.
[...]
> plain.tex cannot be changed
>
> but if you rename as plain-pepito.tex is everything ok
"Cannot be changed" usually doesn't mean "can be changed only into a
differently named file". Many other files explicitly state that
changing is allowed when the file is renamed.
It's not an important issue, since MEXINFO.ENG has selling or
modification restrictions:
> The MeX package belongs to the public domain.
>
> The MeX package may only be distributed in unchanged and complete form
> including the files MEXINFO.ENG and MEXINFO.POL.
> All the files constituting the MeX package are listed in the chapters
> ``Files'' and ``PL Fonts'' below.
>
> Anyone who distributes the MeX package must obey one of the following
> rules:
> 1. there is no charge for distribution
> or 2. the payment for the distribution of one diskette
> is not greater than the price of this diskette;
> in this case the distributor must make clear
> that this is a handling fee, not a license fee or purchase fee.
>
> This package is distributed with no warranty of any sort.
> The authors accept no responsibility for the consequences of using this
> software.
It's incorrectly calling itself "public domain", unless the whole
following restrictions are false and the the Fedora page [0] is incorrect
that Polish public domain declarations are invalid.
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/TeXLiveLegalAudit#Public_Domain
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