Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:21:33 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6BDL1Wi004623 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:21:02 +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 g6BCxHWK012061; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:59:17 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C228DD.DFF42C80" 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 g6ANGRCZ031196; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:00:30 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 4738 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:00:30 +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 g6BD0UrU004126 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:00:30 +0200 Received: from smtp.albany.edu (mail1.csc.albany.edu [169.226.1.133]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6BCxCWK012045 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:59:13 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from hilbert.math.albany.edu (hilbert.math.albany.edu [169.226.23.52]) by smtp.albany.edu (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6BCx9Vu004668 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:59:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from hammond@localhost) by hilbert.math.albany.edu (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g6BCx87x012345; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:59:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: Lines: 17 References: Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jul 2002 13:21:33.0603 (UTC) FILETIME=[E0502F30:01C228DD] User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.6 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: LPPL under review at savannah.gnu.org Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:59:08 +0100 Message-ID: A X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: LPPL under review at savannah.gnu.org Thread-Index: AcIo3eBqEZyvNBx4S4yRqStwGsKnaA== From: "William F Hammond" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4282 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C228DD.DFF42C80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Robin Fairbairns writes: > people (notably between author an publisher), it's nothing. there are > plenty of competing formats for such interchange. \begin{aside} Many of those competing formats are far worse, especially when weighted by volume, but might it not be conceded that some are better for such interchange? \smiley; \end{aside} Question: Would a reconciliation with FSF and Debian on the "free" issue make it possible for standard LaTeX to be distributed with more GNU/Linux systems? Is LPPL obstructing distribution that we would like to see? -- Bill ------_=_NextPart_001_01C228DD.DFF42C80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: LPPL under review at savannah.gnu.org

Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@CL.CAM.AC.UK> = writes:

> people (notably between author an publisher), = it's nothing.  there are
> plenty of competing formats for such = interchange.

\begin{aside}
Many of those competing formats are far worse, = especially when
weighted by volume, but might it not be conceded that = some are
better for such interchange?   = \smiley;
\end{aside}

Question:  Would a reconciliation with FSF and = Debian on the "free"
issue make it possible for standard LaTeX to be = distributed with more
GNU/Linux systems?   Is LPPL obstructing = distribution that we would
like to see?

          &nbs= p;            = ;            = -- Bill

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