Boris Veytsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) > > Date: 27 Jul 2002 10:00:12 -0700 > > > However, more to the point, free software is about particular > > freedoms. In the instant case, the freedom I'm asking about is a > > freedom to modify and distribute the program, something that both the > > DFSG and the GPL highlight as a crucial freedom. > > I am afraid you want a little bit different freedom: the freedom to > call you modified distribution LaTeX. DFSG specifically says that this > freedom, while important, is not as essential as other freedoms, and > its absence is NOT a showstopper.
I've already said that if all that is necessary is changing the "latex" command name, then I don't object. That's in the category of a trademark (even if the Latex people can't be bothered to get one, since that's what they actually seem to want). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
