> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 17:43:37 -0400 > From: Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 10:40:14PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > So the package name gets changed, and a couple lines gets added to the > > description. Boo hoo. Trivial and irrelevant. > > Which has been done, already, no? s/tex/tetex/. Glenn, to say the truth, I am appaled by the low signal/noise ratio on the group. This question was already discussed here and answered by David Carlisle. Why do I need to repeat? Ok, I am patient. The tetex-* packages distributed by Debian are NOT "free TeX-like systems". Instead, they are sets of integrated typesetting tools, including: - Knuthian TeX (TM) - several TeX-like systems (pdfTeX, e-TeX, Omega) - many free fonts - many useful tools - several macro systems (plainTeX, LaTeX, AMSTeX, etc) - scripts integrating all this together Since this is a huge collection, it is NOT licensed under single license (like Debian cannot be licensed under a single license). The scripts themselves are GPL'ed. Some tools are GPL'ed too. LaTeX and many other tools are under LPPL. Some files are under Knuthian "rename if you change this" license. Do you need me to repeat this slowly? -- Good luck -Boris Who will take care of the world after you're gone?
