Bug#153257: TeX Licenses & teTeX

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 05.08.02 Julian Gilbey (J.D.Gilbey@qmul.ac.uk) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 09:33:37AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:

Hi,

http://bugs.debian.org/153257

> > I repeat: the file renaming requirement is not DFSG-free, and you
> > wanting it to be so will not make it so.  DFSG 4 does not permit it.

[DFSG]

>   4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
> 
>      The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in
>      modified form _only if the license allows the distribution of
>      "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying
>      the program at build time.  The license must explicitly permit
>      distribution of software built from modified source code.
>      *** The license may require derived works to carry a different
>      name or version number from the original software. ***
>      (This is a compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors to
>      not restrict any files, source or binary, from being modified.)
> 
> Note the ***...*** section.
> 
Hmm, the original submitter complained about the contradiction
between:

- you're allowed to change tex.web as long as you don't call the
  final program TeX
 and
- the statement in the header of tex.web itself, that one is not
  allowed to change the file at all.

As there is the technique to use the .ch files I don't know, if this
is relevant to us. Anybody mentioned, that there were some
discussions on debian-legal. Anybody has a clue, what were the
results of these discussions?

Further the submitter complained about:

  The individual parts of this distribution often have their own
  copyright. Please look into the respective files for their copyright.

which is similar to #218105. I guess, as soon as the first part is is
clarified we should close that bug here and open another one.

Regards,
  Hilmar 
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