Author: frank Date: 2006-02-23 14:11:45 +0000 (Thu, 23 Feb 2006) New Revision: 921
Modified: tetex-bin/trunk/debian/copyright Log: added TeX's and MetaFont's license Modified: tetex-bin/trunk/debian/copyright =================================================================== --- tetex-bin/trunk/debian/copyright 2006-02-23 09:40:58 UTC (rev 920) +++ tetex-bin/trunk/debian/copyright 2006-02-23 14:11:45 UTC (rev 921) @@ -1,23 +1,93 @@ -This package was debianized by Christoph Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on -Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:57:39 +0100. +Copyright file for tetex-base, tetex-extra and tetex-doc. -It was downloaded from ftp.dante.de:/pub/tex/systems/unix/teTeX +Table of contents: -Copyright for tetex-bin: +1. Copyright and License of the debian-specific adaptations +2. License of the teTeX distribution as a compilation work +3. (incomplete) list of licenses of individual parts +4. Text of the licenses + +1. Copyright and License of the debian-specific adaptations + +Debian adaptations for this Package are under Copyright by: + + Christoph Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (1998-2002) + Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2000-2002) + C.M. Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002) + Atsuhito KOHDA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-) + Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-) + Stefan Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-) + Frank K�ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-) + Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2004-) + +This list has been compiled in July 2004, therefore it is probably +incomplete (missing names and too short date ranges). Contributors of +translations and other small patches are mentioned in +changelog.Debian. + +The package was downloaded from CTAN:/systems/unix/teTeX + +-------------- + +2. License of the teTeX distribution as a compilation work + +The teTeX distribution, i.e. the tetex-base, tetex-extra and tetex-doc +packages, together with the tetex-bin and tetex-src packages, is +Copyright by Thomas Esser (1994-2005). + The teTeX distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public -License may be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL +License may be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. -The individual parts of this distribution often have their own -copyright. Please look into the respective files for their copyright. +-------------- -libkpathsea is distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General -Public License, which can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL. +3. (incomplete) list of licenses of individual parts -tex.web and mf.web mustn't be edited without changing the name of the -files. + +- kpathsea: + + libkpathsea is distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General + Public License, which can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL. + +- TeX, MetaFont: + + tex.web and mf.web have a special license; essentially, they are + public domain, but no modified version may use the same name, and + the names "TeX" and "MetaFont" for the resulting programs, unless + they pass the TRIP and TRAP tests. The complete license statement + can be found in a text at http://www.ntg.nl/maps/pdf/5_34.pdf, and + the relevant parts are: + + ,---- + | My work on developing TEX, METAFONT, and Computer + | Modern has come to an end. I willmake no further + | changes except to correct extremely serious bugs. + | + | I have put these systems into the public domain so that + | people everywhere can use the ideas freely if they wish. + | + | [...] + | As stated on the copyright pages of Volumes B, D, and + | E, anybody can make use of my programs in whatever + | way they wish, as long as they do not use the names + | TEX, METAFONT, or Computer Modern. In particular, + | any person or group who wants to produce a program + | superior to mine is free to do so. However, nobody is + | allowed to call a system TEXor METAFONT unless that + | system conforms 100% to my own programs, as I have + | specified in the manuals for the TRIP and TRAP tests. + | And nobody is allowed to use the names of the Computer + | Modern fonts in Volume E for any fonts that do not + | produce identical tfm files. This prohibition applies to + | all people or machines, whether appointed by TUG or + | by any other organization. I do not intend to delegate the + | responsibility formaintainance of TEX, METAFONT, or + | Computer Modern to anybody else, ever. + `---- + + _______________________________________________ Pkg-tetex-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tetex-commits
