Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:05:19 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g64J4cxH012494 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:04:39 +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 g64IwfWK007262; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:58:41 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2238D.BD1DC180" 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 g640k4Gd011125; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:00:13 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 4732 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:00:13 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 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 g64J0DxD018377 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:00:13 +0200 Received: from moutng1.kundenserver.de (moutng1.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g64IwdWK007248 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:58:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng0.kundenserver.de) by moutng1.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17QBoM-0000Ia-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Thu, 04 Jul 2002 20:58:38 +0200 Received: from [80.129.4.39] (helo=istrati.mittelbach-online.de) by mrelayng0.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17QBoL-0001hv-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Thu, 04 Jul 2002 20:58:38 +0200 Received: (from frank@localhost) by istrati.mittelbach-online.de (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id g64Iuhv20098; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:56:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20020704182436.A2236@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> References: <20020704182436.A2236@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jul 2002 19:05:19.0334 (UTC) FILETIME=[BD50B860:01C2238D] 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: LPPL Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 19:56:43 +0100 Message-ID: A<15652.39531.633675.621973@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: LPPL Thread-Index: AcIjjb1qrX5/m3uRTm2bSvbcksDUXA== From: "Frank Mittelbach" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4256 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2238D.BD1DC180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Timothy, > May a voice from the back of the hall > ask why LaTeX doesn't adopt the Gnu GPL? > Then we could call it Gnu-LaTeX or perhaps GLaTeX. > And TUG could become GLUG, the Gnu-LaTeX users group. > > I may say I have never read the GPL or the LPPL, > and would regard it as a fairly serious punishment > to have to do so. you don't have to, but perhaps you should read modguide.tex (which is = English if not British prose (sorry, not Irish)) and perhaps this helps you in understanding the reason for not using GPL for LaTeX (or TeX). I personally hate licenses too and for me the most important aspect of = LPPL is not its legal content but its formulating some ground rules that help = the LaTeX community to function if obeyed. frank ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2238D.BD1DC180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: LPPL

Timothy,

 > May a voice from the back of the = hall
 > ask why LaTeX doesn't adopt the Gnu = GPL?
 > Then we could call it Gnu-LaTeX or perhaps = GLaTeX.
 > And TUG could become GLUG, the Gnu-LaTeX = users group.
 >
 > I may say I have never read the GPL or the = LPPL,
 > and would regard it as a fairly serious = punishment
 > to have to do so.

you don't have to, but perhaps you should read = modguide.tex (which is English
if not British prose (sorry, not Irish)) and perhaps = this helps you in
understanding the reason for not using GPL for LaTeX = (or TeX).

I personally hate licenses too and for me the most = important aspect of LPPL is
not its legal content but its formulating some ground = rules that help the
LaTeX community to function if obeyed.

frank

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