Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK. Now I'd like to hear the Debian side. Here are the conditions for > > modification that are being proposed as I understand them: > > > > - you must rename all modified files, or > > > > - you must rename the whole of LaTeX in your modified copy AND > > distribute a pristine copy of LaTeX as well. > > > > Comments? Branden, Walter, Mark, and Jeremy, I'm especially interested > > in your opinions, since you three are the current objectors. > > Yikes. I'd accept the former as free before the latter, personally. > Giving users options is one thing, but option two seems to suggest > that if Latex is forked for some reason we'll need to ferry around the > original (from the date of the fork) version of latex whenever > distributing the new version, forever. That's a far more onerous > requirement than file renaming, imho.
This is specifically allowed by DFSG #4. The Q Public License uses this feature as well. If you don't like it, feel free to call a General Resolution to change it. Until then, it is still part of the DFSG. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
