Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-17 Thread Martin Schröder
it will not appear in the log file. The system call either happens at `\output' time or right away, according to the absence or presence of the `\immediate' prefix, as usual for \write. (If you as a TeX administrator wish to implement more stringent rules on what can be executed, you will ne

Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-17 Thread Martin Schröder
eedom (he distributed modified versions of the cm fonts). So yes, we value the interchangebilty of our documents higher than the freedom to modify the components which are used by these documents. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom G

Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-17 Thread Martin Schröder
oles in LaTeX borders on either ludicrious or paranoid (seen from 25 years of TeX history); it is at best very hypothecial. P.P.S.: The same potential "security problems" are relevant to plain.tex, which everyone except Donald Knuth is forbidden to change. Are

Re: Motivations; proposed alternative license

2002-07-17 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-07-17 10:39:53 -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > I am having trouble finding any file on my system (with tetex-base and > tetex-extra installed) that is licensed in this way. What file did you > pull this license from? tex.web, which is the source for tex (the binary). Surely you have the sour

Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Schröder
same applies to PostScript: One fixes security holes in the interpreter (e.g. GhostScript) and doesn't worry about the PostScript files. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 4

Re: file name rules in licenses

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Schröder
Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Distributing GPL Software as binary ISO

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Schröder
cannot assume that. Of course, it's easiest to just send the source with the binary in the first place. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 /

Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Schröder
ctually > have any capabilities to do anything. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00199.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00140.html Sorry, but are you trying to start a flame war? Best regards Martin --

Re: forwarded message from Jeff Licquia

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Schröder
possible and legal to change the "virtual" machine (tex in our case). Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 -- To UNSUBS

Checksums (was: Encoding the name in the file contents)

2002-07-26 Thread Martin Schröder
egards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Checksums

2002-07-27 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-07-26 15:16:09 -0400, Boris Veytsman wrote: > > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Martin_Schr=F6der?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 2002-07-25 16:46:57 -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > > > Um, no. In the case where package FOO needs package BAR, > > > \NeedsTeXFormat has BAR tell FOO that BAR is a good versi

Re: Font license recommendation

2002-07-29 Thread Martin Schröder
the Work -- such as but not limited to inclusion in a publication, broadcast, compilation, or other media -- does not bring the other works in the scope of the License; nor does such aggregation void the terms of the License for the Work." Best regards Martin -- M

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-04 Thread Martin Schröder
to have precisely the same character coding schemes and precisely the same font metric files." Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straße 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-04 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-04 17:22:06 +0100, David Carlisle wrote: > Note that the "millenium edition" is fairly new (as its name suggests) > a combined set of all of the volumes, from 2000 or thereabouts. And it is by all intentions the _last_ edition. :-) Best regards Martin --

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-05 Thread Martin Schröder
ile cmr10.tfm must contain the same metrices and encodings as Knuth's. You may change the font (i.e. the appearance of the glpyhs), but the metrices must be Knuth's. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Straß

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-06 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-06 18:59:45 -0400, Dylan Thurston wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:35:17PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > The names could only be restricted if they are trademarked, which they > > are not. "Computer Modern" might be trademarked (I don't know), > > It is, as indicated in the

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-08 00:37:59 -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote: > Computer Modern appears to be a trademark of the American Mathematical > Society. I don't know what impact a lack of mention of that in vol What makes you think that? Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

Re: Knuth statement on renaming cm files and Licence violation.

2002-09-08 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-09-08 12:17:44 -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote: > Knuth's own page on C&T lists only the trademarks of TeX and MF, so > perhaps the CM trademark has gone unenforced or been dropped. Since none of the books (and none of the cm files) and no literatur on TeX mention CM as a trademark, I strongly

Re: license questions.

2002-10-07 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-10-07 12:47:51 -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Ali Akcaagac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's your definition isn't it ? > > No. Read www.opensource.org's definition at point 3: Which is the definition of a body calling itself "Open Source Initiative". "Open source" at first means

Re: license questions.

2002-10-07 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-10-07 21:09:36 +0100, David Given wrote: > * The owner may put the work into the public domain. This means > that the work's owner is now the state, and the original owner > loses all rights over it. The state automatically grants This is only possible in some l

Re: license questions.

2002-10-08 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2002-10-08 00:02:54 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > The one that holds the trademark on "Open Source". Surely you must agree > that that gives their definition special status? Yes. They were the first to register this TM in the USA. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.on

Re: LPPL, take 2

2003-04-16 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2003-04-16 14:28:44 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I understand the rationale. I'm concerned about the wording. Would the > following violate 5(c)? > > % LaTeX-Foobar 1.2.9, copyright 2001--2003 John A. Doe > % > % Please report errors to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > % > % MODIFIED BY Jack Smith

Re: ISO 3166 copyright

2003-05-29 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2003-05-28 20:21:55 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Bah, there's no copyright in those lists; just like there's no copyright > in the listings of the phone book. Phone book data _is_ copyrighted in Germany. Best regards Martin -- Our position is that whatever grievances a nation may have

Re: Debian and copyrights

2003-07-01 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2003-06-30 11:44:06 +0200, Baptiste SIMON wrote: > we are in this situation... and I want to prevent changin license by > holder of the copyright. So I'm looking for a solution, giving the > copyright to something, under some terms, etc... > > Is there any solution ? AFAIK No. Under european l