Re: apache non-free?
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 03:35:11PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 03:36:02PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 04:01:00PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > I thought we accepted a clause that means "you have to rename the program if
> > > you change it" as DFSG free, but now I am not so sure anymore. If we don't,
> > > then undoubtly it matters. We would stay on the very safe side if we would
> > > rename it, because then everyone gets the renamed version and is safe, too.
> >
> > If we don't we have to worry about things under the Artistic license as
> > well, don't we?
>
> And, significantly, TeX and much of LaTeX.
In TeX and LaTeX, programs are allowed to be modified, but must change
their names. This is considered free. The situation with Apache is
different: the word 'Apache' may not be used at all in the name of the
derivative. But I might have misunderstood some point.
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