Re: LPPL, take 2

[Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu>]

Frank Mittelbach <frank.mittelbach@latex-project.org> wrote:
> Walter Landry writes:
>  > Frank Mittelbach <frank.mittelbach@latex-project.org> wrote:
>  > > Note that above we also addressed the concern by (I think Walter)
>  > > concerning 5a2 so that it now only requires run-time identification
>  > > if the original used runtime identification
>  > 
>  > Thank you.  It is extremely close.  It doesn't quite allow me to take
>  > out parts of the program and use it in "grep" if the original program
>  > identified itself originally.  
> 
> yes it does. because if you use parts of the original work as part of
> something else you would do so under 5a1 so 2 would be not required at all.
> remember 5a are alternatives.

5a1 is not a free alternative.  5a2 approaches that, but it has to
cover _every_ occasion where 5a1 fails, not just most of them.

Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu