Subject: Re: LaTeX2e license
From: [email-masked] (Daniel Quinlan)
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 8 May 95 10:38 PDT

Daniel Quinlan wrote:

>> I am very concerned about a few LDP authors' use of LaTeX2e for
>> their books.

Lars Wirzenius writes:

> Are there alternatives?

1. Continue to use LaTeX 2.09, which does not have a restrictive
   license.

2. Wait until the LaTeX3 project uses a less restrictive license.

Here is an additional example of the restrictions that have been added
to LaTeX:

The header of report.sty for LaTeX 2.09:

------- start of cut text --------------
% REPORT STANDARD DOCUMENT STYLE -- Released 14 January 1992
%    for LaTeX version 2.09
% Copyright (C) 1992 by Leslie Lamport
------- end ----------------------------

The header of report.sty for LaTeX2e:

------- start of cut text --------------
%% This is file `report.sty', generated 
%% on <1994/1/30> with the docstrip utility (2.2c).
%% 
%% The original source files were:
%% 
%% latex209.dtx  (with options: `report')
%% 
%% Copyright (C) 1993 LaTeX3 project and Alan Jeffrey. 
%% All rights reserved. 
%% 
%% This file is part of LaTeX2e. 
%% ----------------------------- 
%% 
%% This is a generated file. 
%% 
%% No permission is granted to modify this file. 
------- end ----------------------------

Here is part of the header of latex209.dtx:

------- start of cut text --------------
% Copyright 1994 the LaTeX3 project and the individual authors.
% All rights reserved. For further copyright information see the file
% legal.txt, and any other copyright indicated in this file.
% 
% This file is part of the LaTeX2e system.
% ----------------------------------------
% 
%  This system is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
%  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
%  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
% 
% 
% IMPORTANT NOTICE:
% 
% For error reports in case of UNCHANGED versions see bugs.txt.
% 
% Please do not request updates from us directly.  Distribution is
% done through Mail-Servers and TeX organizations.
% 
% You are not allowed to change this file.
% 
% You are allowed to distribute this file under the condition that
% it is distributed together with all files mentioned in manifest.txt.
% 
% If you receive only some of these files from someone, complain!
% 
% You are NOT ALLOWED to distribute this file alone.  You are NOT
% ALLOWED to take money for the distribution or use of either this
% file or a changed version, except for a nominal charge for copying
% etc.
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-- 
Daniel Quinlan            Member of the League for Programming Freedom
[email-masked]