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Re: Towards a new LPPL draft



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Frank Mittelbach <frank.mittelbach@latex-project.org> writes:

>  > 2) Does the draft LPPL prevent me from distributing a program called
>  >    "SniffenTeX" which is a modified derivative work of LaTeX, but
>  >    would be run by a user as sniffentex and carries a banner stating
>  >    that it is SniffenTeX, not LaTeX?  If it doesn't prevent me, what
>  >    restrictions does it place on me?
>
> as of now it would mean that for each individual work under LPPL you have to
> folow its license meaning you have to rename the work (i thought that was
> discussed on the list at some detail) --- all of these works could live side
> by side on your machine

That's the important bit, and what I wanted to make sure I'd clearly
understood from you (I think most folks on debian-legal believe
differently):  if I rename the *work*, I don't have to rename the
files I change within it. Is this correct?

- -Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu
		    http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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