Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:23:03 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g63IMMxH007570 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:22:23 +0200 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g63ICDT8024059; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:12:13 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C222BE.AB211D80" 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 g633BaGR004192; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:13:30 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 3487 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:13:29 +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 g63IDTxD009537 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:13:29 +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 g63IBqT8023982 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:11:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng0.kundenserver.de) by moutng0.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17PobY-0008UN-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:11:52 +0200 Received: from [80.129.4.4] (helo=istrati.mittelbach-online.de) by mrelayng0.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17PobX-0003RT-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:11:51 +0200 Received: (from frank@localhost) by istrati.mittelbach-online.de (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id g63IAAl25144; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:10:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200207022051.42506@KOMA> References: <3.0.6.32.20020621144417.007b3100@mail.uark.edu> <200207020903.10740@KOMA> <15649.59151.317445.567416@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> <200207022051.42506@KOMA> Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2002 18:23:04.0006 (UTC) FILETIME=[ABBA9E60:01C222BE] 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: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:10:10 +0100 Message-ID: A<15651.15874.255148.614148@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: Suggested changes to LPPL Thread-Index: AcIivqvidZHTx/G3T0qxCRaRysPCEg== From: "Frank Mittelbach" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4250 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C222BE.AB211D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Markus Kohm wrote: > Am Dienstag, 2. Juli 2002 19:46 hast du geschrieben: > > but it is rather > > counterproductive unless the original author really does wish this. = And i > > think the general feeling (and that is why Donald brought this up) = is that > > in most cases the original authors would be quite happy to see = their > > packages maintained after they stop, > > So there are authors with two different interests. most likely there are, though I know only of one person who explicitly requested hs work to stay frozen once he is unable to maintain it (DEK = with TeX going to version \pi upon his death) but to account for something like that i suggested the status "frozen" = (though that isn't really the right name, anybody else can think of a better = name? --- i toyed below with "author-maintained" but that isn't good either = ...) > Maybe you should add also > an example how to declare The Programm to be lppl but not allow = change of > maintainer, something like: could do. Though I would probably go for % This program may be distributed and/or modified under the % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 % of this license or (at your option) any later version. % The latest version of this license is in % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt % and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX % version 2002/06/01 or later. % % This program has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". % % This program consists of the files pig.dtx and pig.ins % and the derived file pig.sty. To prevent the Maintenance section of LPPL to apply, you could change "maintained" above into "author-maintained". Or if you seek for somebody to take over maintenance you may change that to "unmaintained". > And I think, you should tell about the new conditions at the LaTeX = news. of course and very prominently frank ------_=_NextPart_001_01C222BE.AB211D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Suggested changes to LPPL

Markus Kohm wrote:
 > Am Dienstag, 2. Juli 2002 19:46 hast du = geschrieben:
 > > but it is rather
 > > counterproductive unless the original = author really does wish this. And i
 > > think the general feeling (and that = is why Donald brought this up) is that
 > > in most cases the original authors = would be quite happy to see their
 > > packages maintained after they = stop,
 >
 > So there are authors with two different = interests.

most likely there are, though I know only of one = person who explicitly
requested hs work to stay frozen once he is unable to = maintain it (DEK with
TeX going to version \pi upon his death)

but to account for something like that i suggested the = status "frozen" (though
that isn't really the right name, anybody else can = think of a better name?
--- i toyed below with "author-maintained" = but that isn't good either ...)

 > Maybe you should add also
 > an example how to declare The Programm to = be lppl but not allow change of
 > maintainer, something like:

could do. Though I would probably go for

  % This program may be distributed and/or = modified under the
  % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public = License, either version 1.3
  % of this license or (at your option) any = later version.
  % The latest version of this license is = in
  %   http://www.latex-project.o= rg/lppl.txt
  % and version 1.3 or later is part of all = distributions of LaTeX
  % version 2002/06/01 or later.
  %
  % This program has the LPPL maintenance status = "maintained".
  %
  % This program consists of the files pig.dtx = and pig.ins
  % and the derived file pig.sty.

To prevent the Maintenance section of LPPL to apply, = you could change
"maintained" above into = "author-maintained". Or if you seek for
somebody to take over maintenance you may change that = to "unmaintained".



 > And I think, you should tell about the new = conditions at the LaTeX news.

of course and very prominently

frank

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