Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:08:04 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6MJ7mWi008245 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:07:49 +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 g6MIvBWK002170; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:57:11 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C231B3.1AE64200" 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 g6M1vJD3006368; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:57:59 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 4959 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:57:59 +0200 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 g6MIvwuV011827 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:57:58 +0200 Received: from bilbo.localnet (root@pcp742276pcs.reston01.va.comcast.net [68.49.144.202]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6MIv9T8018899 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:57:10 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from bilbo.localnet (boris@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bilbo.localnet (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g6MIv9EC010710 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL); Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:57:09 -0400 Received: (from boris@localhost) by bilbo.localnet (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g6MIv9iZ010706; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:57:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Hans Aberg on Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:37:38 +0200) References: (message from Hans Aberg on Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:26:40 +0200) <878z46p1yi.fsf@becket.becket.net> <200207162352.g6GNq9Ow031038@bilbo.localnet> <878z46p1yi.fsf@becket.becket.net> Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jul 2002 19:08:04.0504 (UTC) FILETIME=[1B332980:01C231B3] X-Authentication-Warning: bilbo.localnet: boris set sender to borisv@lk.net using -f X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.6 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: User's thoughts about LPPL Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:57:09 +0100 Message-ID: A<200207221857.g6MIv9iZ010706@bilbo.localnet> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: User's thoughts about LPPL Thread-Index: AcIxsxuWkQ4nzipjR52hLW+RetUx5Q== From: "Boris Veytsman" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4344 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C231B3.1AE64200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:37:38 +0200 > From: Hans Aberg > > > Was it not the copyright? Is TeX a trademark? > Yes. TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society. METAFONT is a trademark of Addison Wesley Longman. > > As far as I know AMS is not going to disband any time soon. > > So if Knuth isn't the copyright holder but the AMS, what prevents AMS = to > make a TeX successor also called TeX? Knuth is the copyright holder. Knuth's express wish prevents AMS to make a non-TeX called TeX. I do not know the legal delicacies, but I think AMS is not going to violate Knuth's wish. -- Good luck -Boris By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. -- Confucius ------_=_NextPart_001_01C231B3.1AE64200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: User's thoughts about LPPL

> = Date:         Mon, 22 Jul 2002 = 20:37:38 +0200
> From: Hans Aberg = <haberg@MATEMATIK.SU.SE>
>

>
> Was it not the copyright? Is TeX a = trademark?
>


Yes. TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical = Society.
METAFONT is a trademark of Addison Wesley = Longman.

> > As far as I know AMS is not going to disband = any time soon.
>
> So if Knuth isn't the copyright holder but the = AMS, what prevents AMS to
> make a TeX successor also called TeX?

Knuth is the copyright holder. Knuth's express wish = prevents AMS to
make a non-TeX called TeX. I do not know the legal = delicacies, but I
think AMS is not going to violate Knuth's = wish.

--
Good luck

-Boris

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get = to be wide apart.
          &nbs= p;     -- Confucius

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