I can not comment on the difference between "discouraged" and "prohibited" since I am Persian not British but certainly if I am "discouraged from modifying a package", I feel that "I am prohibited from modifying that package".
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) < p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Vafa Khalighi wrote: > > Yes, firstly because it does not make the software free any more (not just >> free in price but also free in modification, etc) and secondly LPPL never >> discourage you from modifying the software. >> > > I don't think you are understanding my question, Vafa : I am > not querying whether they are inconsistent in spirit -- which > clearly they are -- but in terms of actual requirements. Since > you are only "discouraged from" and not "prohibited from" > making changes, I believe that a court of law would find that > there is no actual inconsistency in practice. > > > Philip Taylor > > > ------------------------------**-------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > > http://tug.org/mailman/**listinfo/xetex<http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex> >
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