On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:00:29 -0300 Diego Saravia <[email protected]> wrote:
> You need to change file and proyect names to distribute modified TeX > also > > these are restrictions on the ways to distribute free software, not in > the central concept. > > It has not to be with free software, but with branding and recognizing > original proyect. > > what happens if you create a new proyect with a new name using parts > of old soft? > > all the new software will be a huge patch. > > What is exactly a patch? I'm unable to see how any of this relates either to my post or the thread at hand. kk > 2010/10/4 Karl Goetz <[email protected]>: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 22:50:20 GMT > > [email protected] (Karl Berry) wrote: > > > >> Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the > >> right to distribute the modified code. Modifications are to be > >> distributed as patches to released version. > >> > >> free-sw.html says: > >> Freedom 3 includes distributing modified versions, not just > >> changes. > >> > >> Therefore I conclude it is nonfree. (But I'm surprised to hear it, > >> since use of mirror is rather widespread. Oh well.) > > > > Isn't this the same situation as gnuplot? [1]. I thought we > > considered that 'free but annoying', or am i missing something? > > > > [1] which is NOT part of gnu, confusingly enough. > > kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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