I said: > >A key difference is that the CM fonts source need not be installed > >(tetex automatically runs METAFONT in some cases, but it could easily > >be pointed at different source names). > > > >Users use *.tfm files when running TeX, and the restrictions on *.mf > >names are not restrictions on *.tfm names. That's a key fact. > > > >However, the LPPL restricts the actual filename the user normally > >uses, rather than a name that really appears only in the source. > Lars Hellström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You've got TeX mixed up with METAFONT in this argument. The *.mf files are > METAFONT programs, and their names are indeed what the METAFONT user > normally uses. When LPPL is applied to *.sty, *.cls, etc. files then it is > applied to TeX programs, and their names are what the TeX user normally > uses. It is true that one doesn't need cmr10.mf, but rather cmr10.tfm, to > run TeX, but one similarly does not need any part of LaTeX or PlainTeX to > dvips mpman.dvi, even though one probably would need that to TeX mpman.tex. NO, I said exactly what I meant. Read it again.
