On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 07:11:50AM +0300, Alexander Cherepanov wrote: > 13-Jan-04 14:52 Branden Robinson wrote: > > I personally[1] would maintain that a requirement to change a filename > > is an unacceptable restriction on one's freedom to modify the work. The > > LaTeX Project no longer appears to be interested in contending this > > issue, and I know of no other copyright holder of software packaged by > > the Debian Project who does. > > Even if situation with TeX, Metafont and Computer Modern fonts is > moot, I think there are other examples from the TeX world with a > requirement to change a filename. First, other files by Knuth: > > plain.tex > > % This is the plain TeX format that's described in The TeXbook. > % N.B.: A version number is defined at the very end of this file; > % please change that number whenever the file is modified! > % And don't modify the file unless you change its name: > % Everybody's "plain.tex" file should be the same, worldwide. > > % Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as long > % as this file is not modified. Modifications are permitted, but only if > % the resulting file is not named plain.tex. > > hyphen.tex > > % The Plain TeX hyphenation tables [NOT TO BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY!] > % Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as long > % as this file is not modified. Modifications are permitted, but only if > % the resulting file is not named hyphen.tex. > > Second, files by AMS (amslatex and amstex). Typical comment from > their file: > > %%% copyright = "Copyright 1995, 2000 American Mathematical Society, > %%% all rights reserved. Copying of this file is > %%% authorized only if either: > %%% (1) you make absolutely no changes to your copy, > %%% including name; OR > %%% (2) if you do make changes, you first rename it > %%% to some other name.", > > (Quotes are taken from files on CTAN.) Thanks for the information, but this came up during the LaTeX Project Public License discussions. I maintain my position. -- G. Branden Robinson | The Bible is probably the most Debian GNU/Linux | genocidal book ever written. branden@debian.org | -- Noam Chomsky http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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