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<B>Eduard Werner</B>
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<I>Tue Jun 28 12:37:39 CEST 2005</I>
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<PRE>Dear all,
Wutoru 28 junija 200508:08, frank pisaše:
><i> Dear Edward,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Werner LEMBERG <<A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-live">wl at gnu.org</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> > Edward,
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > to include your sorhyph.tex in the TeXLive distribution (and teTeX) we
</I>><i> > need a license which isn't as restrictive as the current one you have
</I>><i> > in the file:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > % Non-commercial usage and usage in TeX-related programs only
</I>><i> > % Packaging with commercial stuff only with written permission
</I>><i> > % of the author
</I>
This was merely a quick notice for my first version that only I used anyway.
Then, I clean forgot about it.
><i> I think we owe an explanation *why* this license is too restrictive.
</I>><i> The problem is that free TeX systems like TeXLive (or Linux
</I>><i> distributions with teTeX) often *do* get sold. Even if there is just a
</I>><i> TeXLive CD as an add-on to a book about TeX, for a lawyer this means
</I>><i> selling TeXLive, and thus selling any file in it. Similarly, if
</I>><i> Lehmann's offer a TeXLive CD with their name on it for what is hardly
</I>><i> more than the cost of distribution, it is still commercial.
</I>
See above.
><i> Therefore, in order to be able to distribute the file with TeX systems,
</I>><i> the restriction on non-commercial uage must be dropped.
</I>
OK. Drop it.
><i> The second restriction, TeX-related, is problematic, too: First of all,
</I>><i> it is quite hard to define. Furthermore, I personally don't see why it
</I>><i> shouldn't be used in other Free Software, e.g. in competitors like lout
</I>><i> or OpenOffice.
</I>
The hyphenation patterns for OO are based on this.
><i> > What do you think about using the LPPL?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I would also suggest that, either the current version (1.3a) or "version
</I>><i> 1.3a or later".
</I>
No objection. Please put it under the LPPL 1.3a or newer.
Cheers
Edi
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