Bug#466697: removal of eqlist from TeX Live

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

Dear Martin,

we recently received a notice about your package eqlist which states
that
	You may copy this package freely, as long as you distribute only
	unmodified and complete versions.
which renders this package unfree.

TeX Live as one of the biggest TeX system and currently also the
main TeX system included in most unix distributions (like Debian and
SuSE) follows the Debian Free Software Guidelines with respect to what
we include into TeX Live.

Your package fails that as nobody is allowed to reuse your code (of the
actual sty file and of the documentation).

We generally suggest the LaTeX Project Public License
(http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt) as it does very similar things,
namely that modified versions have to be marked properly (within the
code and within the interface to the user). From the LPPL:
6.a. If component of this Derived Work can be a direct replacement
     for a component of the Work ... the replacement component of this
     Derived Work
     clearly and unambiguously identifies itself as a modified version
     of this component to the user when used interactively with that
     Base Interpreter.

  b. Every component of the Derived Work contains prominent notices
     detailing the nature of the changes to that component, or a
     prominent reference to another file that is distributed as part
     of the Derived Work and that contains a complete and accurate log
     of the changes.
(there is more there).

So if the original intention of you was that the package should be named
"eqlist" if and only if it is what you have uploaded to CTAN, but still
want to allow derived work, we would kindly ask you to re-upload a new
version to CTAN with a different copyright notice. Something like
%%%%  This package may be distributed and/or modified under the 
%%%%  conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 
%%%%  1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%%%  The latest version of this license is in
%%%%
%%%%           http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt

If your intention was as written we will remove this package from the
TeX Live distribution and I in addition from the Debian packages.

Thanks for your attention

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
Debian Developer <preining@debian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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