Bug#477060: license proposal for current release
Hello,
attached you'll find the license suggested by the AMSTech team for the
current amslatex release.
Please feel free to comment and thus help to get this bug done. In
particular please answer to David's question of how to get licensing
done properly (I think the 00LLICENSE file in the root directory is
appropriate, but NOT the idea of "associated files", whatever that would
mean).
I'll forward all the comments collected to the AMS team.
Thanks a lot
ben
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: unclear licence of AMSLatex (fwd)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:58:28 -0400
From: David M. Jones
To: Benedikt AHRENS
CC: tech-support[at]ams.org
Dear Benedikt,
Here's a copy of the draft license that I propose to append to the
current AMS-LaTeX distributions. Do you have any questions or
comments before I release it?
The AMS is in the process of restating and updating the license on all
of its distributed files in order to bring the license into line with
current standards of "free" software licenses. Since it will take
some time to update all individual files, we're distributing this file
now to clarify the license on currently-distributed files.
The following license replaces any conflicting statement found inside
any files distributed by the American Mathematical Society as part of
the AMS-LaTeX distribution, including the amscls and amsmath
components, and related files.
Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as
long as this file is not modified. Modifications, and
distribution of modified versions, are permitted, but only if the
resulting file is renamed.
This includes -- but is not necessarily limited to -- the
following files:
ams-c1.ins v2.20 (2004/08/03)
ams-m1.ins v1.05 (2000/05/25)
amsalpha.bst v2.0 (2000/03/27)
amsbsy.dtx v1.2d (1999/11/29)
amsbsy.sty v1.2d (1999/11/29)
amscd.dtx v2.0 (1999/11/29)
amscd.sty v2.0 (1999/11/29)
amsdtx.cls v2.06 (2004/08/06)
amsdtx.dtx v2.06 (2004/08/06)
amsgen.dtx v2.0 (1999/11/30)
amsgen.sty v2.0 (1999/11/30)
amsldoc.cls v2.06 (2004/08/06)
amsldoc.tex v2.09 (2004/04/06)
amsmath.dtx v2.13 (2000/07/18)
amsmath.sty v2.13 (2000/07/18)
amsmidx.dtx v2.01 (2004/08/03)
amsmidx.sty v2.01 (2004/08/03)
amsopn.dtx v2.01 (1999/12/14)
amsopn.sty v2.01 (1999/12/14)
amsplain.bst v2.0 (2000/03/27)
amstex.sty v1.2f (1999/11/15)
amstext.dtx v2.01 (2000/06/29)
amstext.sty v2.01 (2000/06/29)
amsthdoc.tex v2.20 (2004/08/03)
amsthm.sty v2.20 (2004/08/06)
amsxtra.dtx v1.2c (1999/11/15)
amsxtra.sty v1.2c (1999/11/15)
instr-l.tex v2.20 (2004/08/06)
subeqn.tex v1.2c (1999/11/29)
technote.tex v2.0 (1999/11/15)
testmath.tex v2.0 (1999/11/15)
thmtest.tex v2.01 (2004/08/02)
upref.dtx v2.01 (2004/07/29)
upref.sty v2.01 (2004/07/29)
Please address any questions to
American Mathematical Society
Technical Support
Publications Technical Group
201 Charles Street
Providence, RI 02904
USA
tel: (401) 455-4080
(800) 321-4267 (USA and Canada only)
fax: (401) 331-3842
email: tech-support@ams.org
Incidentally, a number of the associated files (especially various
documentation files and release notes) do not have any included
license statement. Is that something that we need to address or is it
understood that they are are covered by the same license in associated
files? I suspect that the safest thing for us to do in the future is
include a 00LICENSE.txt file with wording similar to the above in all
of our distributions.
Best wishes,
David.
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