Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:23:51 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g62IN8xH002627 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:23:10 +0200 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 g62IB7WK012646; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:11:07 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C221F5.9D539580" 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 g625W1H5029395; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:12:46 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 3378 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:12:46 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id g62ICkxD002271 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:12:46 +0200 Received: from moutng0.schlund.de (moutng0.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.170]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g62IB4T9029487 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:11:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from [212.227.126.162] (helo=mrelayng1.schlund.de) by moutng0.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17PRtM-0008WI-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19:56:44 +0200 Received: from [80.129.3.20] (helo=istrati.mittelbach-online.de) by mrelayng1.schlund.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17PRtL-0001Ro-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19:56:43 +0200 Received: (from frank@localhost) by istrati.mittelbach-online.de (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id g62HtEL31220; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:55:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <200206260556.g5Q5u4BJ027883@diziet.clawpaws.net> <3.0.6.32.20020621144417.007b3100@mail.uark.edu> <15639.26375.782098.164234@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> <3D17F428.20702@toshiba.co.jp> <15640.43741.596149.994860@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2002 18:23:51.0939 (UTC) FILETIME=[9DE2DD30:01C221F5] x-mime-autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de id g62ICkxD002272 X-Authentication-Warning: istrati.mittelbach-online.de: frank set sender to frank@mittelbach-online.de using -f 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: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 18:55:14 +0100 Message-ID: A<15649.59650.511909.857636@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: Suggested changes to LPPL Thread-Index: AcIh9Z38rjnPeQn2RjKtPgVk756PHw== From: "Frank Mittelbach" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4240 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C221F5.9D539580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lars Hellstr=F6m writes: > Concerning the matter of stating intent, perhaps something like the > following could be included in the preamble? > > The purpose of this License is to grant The User the right to > freely obtain, use, and make derivative works based on The Program, > whilst at the same time preserving the integrety of The Program. > This means that derivative works created by modifying The Program > (or any part thereof) must not give the appearance of being part > of The Program. The right to modify The Program for the purpose of > creating a new version of The Program lies solely with the Current > Maintainer of The Program. just reading the whole license again (helps sometimes :-) isn't the = above not already covered by We, the LaTeX3 Project, believe that the conditions below give you the freedom to make and distribute modified versions of The Program that conform with whatever technical specifications you wish while maintaining the availability, integrity, and reliability of The Program. If you do not see how to achieve your goal while meeting these conditions, then read the document `cfgguide.tex' in the base LaTeX distribution for suggestions. ? frank ------_=_NextPart_001_01C221F5.9D539580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Suggested changes to LPPL

Lars Hellstr=F6m writes:
 > Concerning the matter of stating intent, = perhaps something like the
 > following could be included in the = preamble?
 >
 >   The purpose of this License is = to grant The User the right to
 >   freely obtain, use, and make = derivative works based on The Program,
 >   whilst at the same time = preserving the integrety of The Program.
 >   This means that derivative = works created by modifying The Program
 >   (or any part thereof) must not = give the appearance of being part
 >   of The Program. The right to = modify The Program for the purpose of
 >   creating a new version of The = Program lies solely with the Current
 >   Maintainer of The = Program.

just reading the whole license again (helps sometimes = :-) isn't the above not
already covered by

  We, the LaTeX3 Project, believe that the = conditions below give you
  the freedom to make and distribute modified = versions of The Program
  that conform with whatever technical = specifications you wish while
  maintaining the availability, integrity, and = reliability of
  The Program.  If you do not see how to = achieve your goal while
  meeting these conditions, then read the = document `cfgguide.tex'
  in the base LaTeX distribution for = suggestions.

?

frank

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