CONTENT-TRANSFER-ENCODING: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Return-path: <[log in to unmask]> Envelope-to: [log in to unmask] Delivery-date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:51 +0200 Received: from pop.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.138] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.6.5) for frank@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:55:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [134.100.9.61] (helo=rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de) by mxng03.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17UBtl-0005dS-00 for [log in to unmask]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:45 +0200 Received: from sun.dante.de ([log in to unmask] [134.100.9.52]) by rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6FJqf4Y027411 for <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de ([log in to unmask] [134.100.9.61]) by sun.dante.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6FJqVBn005759 for <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from murphy.debian.org (murphy.debian.org [65.125.64.134]) by rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g6FJqR4Y027392 for <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 28584 invoked by uid 38); 15 Jul 2002 19:51:59 -0000 X-Envelope-Sender: [log in to unmask] Received: (qmail 28494 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2002 19:51:54 -0000 Received: from imailg1.svr.pol.co.uk (195.92.195.179) by murphy.debian.org with SMTP; 15 Jul 2002 19:51:54 -0000 Received: from modem-104.flame-angel.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.137.13.104] helo=there) by imailg1.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17UBsv-00019x-00 for [log in to unmask]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:51:54 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailing-List: <[log in to unmask]> archive/latest/8318 X-Loop: [log in to unmask] List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS-perl11-milter (http://amavis.org/) X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS-perl11-milter (http://amavis.org/) Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:27 +0200 (CEST) Resent-Message-ID: <7Kwa0C.A.Q-G.efyM9@murphy> Resent-From: [log in to unmask] Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask] Resent-Bcc: From: Will Newton <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Motivations; proposed alternative license (was Re: LaTeX PublicProject License, Version 1.3 (DRAFT)) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:54:10 +0100 On Monday 15 Jul 2002 8:42 pm, Frank Mittelbach wrote: > Instead it is the wish to give preserve for LaTeX users one of the mo= st > fundamental features of TeX and LaTeX: the reliability that a documen= t > produces identical results at different sites thus allowing LaTeX to = be > used as an exchange media in collaborations, when preparing camera re= ady > copy, etc. No amount of license changes will prevent site administrators making th= eir=20 own changes to their LaTeX installation, and I would hope major distrib= utors=20 would have enough respect for their users and the LaTeX community not t= o make=20 such a gratuitous change in any case. No, I do not believe this is a go= od=20 argument for making a package unfree. --=20 To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [log in to unmask] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble=3F Contact [log in to unmask] bian.org