ChkTeX license
ChkTeX is in non-free, but AFAICT from the license it's just GPL
together with a non-binding request for dontations to the author.
If the request were binding it would be a different matter, but as
it stands it seems that the license is OK for main.
Am I missing something?
The license in /usr/doc/debian/chktex/copyright is:
ChkTeX, documentation, installations scripts, CWEB filters and other
materials provided are copyright © 1995-96 Jens T. Berger Thielemann,
unless explicitly stated otherwise.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to:
The Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave
Cambridge
MA 02139
USA
Registration
`ChkTeX' is made available under the concept of Gift-Ware, which is a
variant of Share-Ware. Share-Ware software authors often release
`crippled' versions of their products, i.e. these programs do not
support the same functionality as the registered versions you get when
sending monetary contributions to the authors. It all comes down to
`pay for the software you are using' in Share-Ware terms. With
Gift-Ware registration it is different, you are not required to
contribute money, but a gift will do. With `ChkTeX' you always get a
fully functional program, there is no `crippled' test release which
you can try for a limited time and then have to pay for in order to
receive the working registered version.
It may seem as if `ChkTeX' was free, but this is not the case.
Although there is no need to pay the author in order to get a fully
functional version of the program you should consider making a
contribution. You don't need to feel guilty if you cannot or do not
want to give me something in return for the work I have put into
`ChkTeX'. Show me that it was worth spending so much time listening to
users, updating, rewriting and enhancing this program. Your
contributions will provide the motivation for me to keep developing
the program.
Send your contribution to the following address:
Jens Berger
Spektrumvn. 4
N-0666 Oslo
Norway
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http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
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