Robin Fairbairns <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> people (notably between author an publisher), it's nothing.  there are
> plenty of competing formats for such interchange.

\begin{aside}
Many of those competing formats are far worse, especially when
weighted by volume, but might it not be conceded that some are
better for such interchange?   \smiley;
\end{aside}

Question:  Would a reconciliation with FSF and Debian on the "free"
issue make it possible for standard LaTeX to be distributed with more
GNU/Linux systems?   Is LPPL obstructing distribution that we would
like to see?

                                    -- Bill