Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:25:25 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g5Q6OwxC004964 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:24:59 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C21CDA.41AB7880" Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5Q6EWWK022749; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:14:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id g5PM02dM012637; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:16:27 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 2377 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:16:27 +0200 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id g5Q6GRaE014842 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:16:27 +0200 Received: from lumiere.idris.fr (lumiere.idris.fr [130.84.8.14]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5Q6EUWK022730 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:14:30 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lin2.idris.fr (IDENT:root@lin2.idris.fr [130.84.4.161]) by lumiere.idris.fr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5Q6ES1n446569 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:14:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from gaulle@localhost) by lin2.idris.fr (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g5Q6ESN17523; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:14:28 +0200 Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jun 2002 06:25:26.0014 (UTC) FILETIME=[424631E0:01C21CDA] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.6 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Suggested changes to LPPL Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 07:14:28 +0100 Message-ID: A<15641.23492.556711.366434@lin2.idris.fr> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: Suggested changes to LPPL Thread-Index: AcIc2kJ7G4mhvaHjTe+W0k4NCpPbsA== From: "Bernard Gaulle" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4214 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C21CDA.41AB7880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable IMHO, Frank's proposal is looking good. Donald Arseneau writes: > 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. right, it's an important point for packages. One way to prevent lack of support is to state something like "as long as the author can be reached by email [or ...]" --bg ------_=_NextPart_001_01C21CDA.41AB7880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Suggested changes to LPPL

IMHO, Frank's proposal is looking good.

Donald Arseneau writes:
 > 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.

right, it's an important point for packages.
One way to prevent lack of support is to state = something like
"as long as the author can be reached by email = [or ...]"

  --bg

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