On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 07:25:48PM -0600, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote: > On 1/18/26 07:47, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > [...] > > > > We are unwilling to update to a newer version. If i recall correctly, > > the main reason is licensing, because newer TexInfo is no longer > > available under the slightly more free GPLv2 and now comes with the > > even more encumbered GPLv3. > > > > [...] > > The purpose of the GPL is to protect the freedoms of the users, particularly > against intermediate parties who sit between the original developers and the > users. The GPLv3 anti-Tivoisation provisions are intended in that light, > because the four freedoms are useless if you cannot actually run your own > version on your hardware.
Please drop [email protected] from any further discussion of licensing.
