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Subject:      LaTeX Project Public License Under Review
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 17:30:05 +0100
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Thread-Topic:      LaTeX Project Public License Under Review
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From: "C.M. Connelly" <cmc@DEBIAN.ORG>
To: <LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de>
Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" <LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de>
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Folks, The LaTeX Project is in the process of considering changes to the =
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). I have tried to summarize some of =
the concerns that Debian people have expressed for them, but since I =
don't completely agree with some of those objections, don't complete =
understand some others, and have yet to see a fully comprehensive review =
here or elsewhere, I cannot address all the issues that various people =
have raised. I suggest that those with concerns about the LPPL take the =
time to give it a hard look and put together a point-by-point review of =
the license. Once that's done, I (or someone else) can share that review =
with the LaTeX people so that they can have some hard information to go =
on rather than the vague rumors that ``Debian people don't like the =
LPPL'' or ``OSI doesn't think it's a free license'' that they have now. =
They can't fix problems they can't see. Thanks for your time and effort. =
CMC =
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Folks,

The LaTeX Project is in the process of considering changes to the
LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL).  I have tried to summarize
some of the concerns that Debian people have expressed for them,
but since I don't completely agree with some of those objections,
don't complete understand some others, and have yet to see a fully
comprehensive review here or elsewhere, I cannot address all the
issues that various people have raised.

I suggest that those with concerns about the LPPL take the time to
give it a hard look and put together a point-by-point review of
the license.  Once that's done, I (or someone else) can share that
review with the LaTeX people so that they can have some hard
information to go on rather than the vague rumors that ``Debian
people don't like the LPPL'' or ``OSI doesn't think it's a free
license'' that they have now.  They can't fix problems they can't
see.

Thanks for your time and effort.

   CMC

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