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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:18:46 -0700
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Subject: Re: Suggested changes to LPPL
From: Donald Arseneau <[log in to unmask]>
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In-Reply-To: Frank Mittelbach's message of "Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:39:41 +0200"
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Frank Mittelbach <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> The LaTeX Project Public License is now in existence for some time and within
> the TeX community widely accepted (or so is my impression), given the fact
> that most packages these days are distributed under this license.

I have another problem with the use of LPPL for contributed packages:
it has no provision for the author/supporter "disappearing" from LaLa
LaTeX land, and prevents anybody from adopting support in perpetuity.
This is not really a problem for the LaTeX core distribution.


Donald Arseneau                          [log in to unmask]

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