Re: tex4ht - Debian package (fwd)

[Andrew Gray <A.J.Gray@durham.ac.uk>]

Here's an email from the author of a package that I'm currently
working on for Debian.  The package is tex4ht (for authoring HTML
using tex and/or converting tex to html).  The original copyright
notices on the files did not allow modification nor commercial
use, but the author's concern is with the integrity of the files,
not with the commercial side.  Basically, he would like a licence
like that for the Knuth TeX programs themselves.

It looks fine to me, but could someone check who is more familiar
with the proposals for possible revisions to the DFSG etc.

Thanks.

Andrew


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:36:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Eitan Gurari <gurari@cis.ohio-state.edu>
To: A.J.Gray@durham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: tex4ht - Debian package



Andrew,

Following a discussion in the comp.text.tex about gnutex, and more
browsing in the Debian www pages, I wonder whether a revised version
like the following one will be acceptable.

         tex4ht.c                            1999-01-26-20-02 
         Copyright (C) 1996--99 Eitan M. Gurari               
                                                              
         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.      
                                                              
         However, if you modify this program, you must also   
         modify its signature or its name. Changes to the     
         signature can be introduced with a directive of the  
         form                                                 
              #define PLATFORM "signature"                    
                                                              
         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.             
                                                              
         gurari@cis.ohio-state.edu                            
         http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn.html 

thanks, -eitan