Re: teTeX non-Free
Guy Maor writes ("Re: teTeX non-Free"):
>Steve Dunham <dunham@cps.msu.edu> writes:
>
>> > %% You are allowed to distribute this file if and only if
>> > %% it is distributed with the corresponding source files in
>> > %% the `tools' bundle.
>>
>> It seems ok as long as the tetex-src binary package is
>> included. c.f. the "tetex-src" package description:
>>
>> : Source files for the texmf tree of the Debian teTeX distribution.
>> : They are only here to meet the copyright requirements of some
>> : tex packages.
>
>Why must parts of the source be packaged up as debs? Do the files in
>the source/ directory not satisfy this requirement? Most of our
>licences require that the source be made available.
Well, there is a subtle difference between "source must be
available" to "distributed along with the corresponding source files".
For the first, I can make a cd with just the .debs, and easily meet
the criterion. For the second, I don't think having the .sty or .cls
file without the .dtx meets the criteria.
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