[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Claus Färber) writes: > Hallo, > > Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: >> Gervase Markham has claimed[1] that command names must also be >> changed. That's well beyond DFSG#4, since it impacts compatibility. > > DFSG#4 was probably introduced to allow the distribution of LaTeX, whose > license explicitly requires a change of the file name (in order to > maintain compatibility, BTW).
This is incorrect on more points than I can conveniently enumerate. To hit a few easy ones: * TeX does not require file name changes. It's just that there are trademarks on the symbols \TeX and TeX, and those licenses involve passing the gruelling TeX regression tests. * LaTeX doesn't require file name changes either; we had a big discussion with the LaTeX Project about this, and they were ultimately very nice about making and keeping the LPPL DFSG-free. * DFSG 4 doesn't permit licenses which require file name changes. It does permit licenses which require changes in the name of the work. The name of the work is strictly a social entity. A file name is functional. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]