On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:55:30AM -0800, Walter Landry wrote: > I can't speak for Branden, but the first time I read the LPPL, I was > nervous as well. The restrictions on modifications are a huge hassle. > It doesn't clearly allow distribution of binaries built from modified > source. Also, the restrictions on what kind of changes can be made to > font definition (.fd) files are clearly not DFSG-free. I'm not sure > about the restrictions on installation (.ins) files. If they contain > anything more than copyright notices and license texts, then they are > not DFSG-free. I sent Claire my unfinished, 200-line analysis of the LPPL privately. Privately because it's not suitable for public consumption yet. :) -- G. Branden Robinson | The basic test of freedom is Debian GNU/Linux | perhaps less in what we are free to branden@debian.org | do than in what we are free not to http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | do. -- Eric Hoffer
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