Alexander Cherepanov writes:
 > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:53:45 +0200, Frank Mittelbach <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 > 
 > >> Btw, the footer reads "all rights reserved".
 > 
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 > 
 > > The purpose of it is that we do indeed want to know about reuse and
 > > especially translations as they may be taken as statements from the L3 team
 > > even if their content has been modified or missrepresented (and the latter is
 > > something we wouldn't want).
 > 
 > Aren't l3news supposed to be included in texlive and various GNU/Linux 
 > distributions? If they are to be included they should be under free 
 > license I suppose.

wrong on a number of points. 

texlive and various other TeX distributions aren't distributed under GPL but
under the licenses that come with the individual software. And LPPL which
covers the code is a free software license.

ltnewsXX on the other hand is not software it is a viewpoint of the team at a
particular point in time and being allowed to change it would violate the
right of people to express a viewpoint and have it been heard

For the same reason a license (like GPL or any other) is not distributed under
GPL but copyrighted without any right to modify it

best regards
frank