On 21 Dec 2007, at 11:32 pm, Karl Berry wrote:
picins from CTAN/macros/latex209/contrib/picins might still be useful,I don't have an objection in principle to including stuff written for latex209, but I was told that picins was nonfree. (I can't read the German and don't remember the details any more.)
It says that it's copyright-protected, and modifications may only be made with the agreement of the authors.
JK