Re: LPPL, take 2

[Mark Rafn <dagon@dagon.net>]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Frank Mittelbach wrote:

> 5.  If you are not the Current Maintainer of The Work, you may modify
> your copy of The Work, thus creating a Derived Work based on The Work,
> as long as the following conditions are met:
> 
>   a. You must ensure that each modified file of the Derived Work is
>      clearly distinguished from the original file. This must be
>      achieved by causing each such modified file to carry prominent
>      notices detailing the nature of the changes, and by ensuring that
>      at least one of the following additional conditions is met:
> 
>      1. The modified file is distributed with a different
>         Filename than the original file.
> 
>      2. The Derived Work clearly identifies itself as a modified
>         version of the original Work to the user when run.
> 
>      3. The license notice for The Work specifies that the file may
>         be modified without renaming, or the license notice for the
>         Base Format specifies that files of this class (for example,
>         files that are named a certain way) may be modified without
>         renaming.
> 
>   b. No part of the Derived Work identifies itself as the original,
>      unmodified Work to the user in any way when run.
> 
>   c. In every file of the Derived Work you must ensure that any
>      addresses for the reporting of errors do not refer to the Current
>      Maintainer's addresses in any way.

Very nice work!  It's unlikely to be a license I'd recommend, but I 
think it's free software :)
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Mark Rafn    dagon@dagon.net    <http://www.dagon.net/>