On 17.02.2003 17:36:13 Victor Mote wrote: > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > Todos, as I see them: > > - Remove all incompatible hyphenation files from CVS which are not clear > > to be ok. > > - Find Apache-compatible hyphenation files. > > I found a generic TeX distribution that came with my Red Hat (the relevant > files are installed into /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen). I /think/ > these are standard "generic" TeX files, which would be subject to Knuth's > license, which IMO is Apache-compatible. It seems like the best approach is > to start with these, & let contributors modify them as necessary. They > contain "do not change" caveats from Knuth, but after reading his various > papers on the subject, IMO, the purpose of this is to maintain TeX > compatibility among diverse systems. People are free to take his work as a > starting place, but you cannot use the name "TeX".
I've tried to locate the sources you mentioned on the net, but haven't succeeded. Can you give us a URL? > > - Contact the authors of non-GPL and non-LPPL hyphenation files for > > permission to use and redistribute their hyphenation files. > > This would be unnecessary if we start with the right base & build from > there. > > > - Maybe write a parser for Tex hyphenation files so they can be directly > > read by FOP (without conversion to XML, so people can download the > > hyphenation files themselves and make them responsible to follow the > > individual licences) > > I have no objection to this, but the conversion does not look very > complicated, and if we distribute our own, then there is no need for it. > > Also, if we build our own, we should credit Knuth & TeX, but also explicitly > reference the Apache license in the files, so that contributors know they > are contributing under that license. Well, that depends on the licence. We cannot just simply credit Knuth & TeX and apply the Apache licence. Jörg's analysis of the situation is pretty accurate IMO. This is a non-trivial matter. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
