Hi Rene, On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 06:56:10PM +0200, René van Bevern wrote: > Hello Joris, > > > The last versions of TeXmacs come with an optional package of extra > > type 1 fonts. [...] Several people complained that I did not include > > a license file yet. > > ;-) > > > My question: under which license should I make the fonts available? > > Can I distribute them under the GNU GPL (my prefered solution), or > > am I obliged to distribute them under the LaTeX Project Public > > License? > > As I read the LaTeX Project Public License [1], you are clearly > allowed to distribute derived works iff the license in question > satisfies the 6th clause of the LPPL (written in §10). In case you > would provide the derived work (I consider your font package being > one) you would need to also provide the font files in a form that is > prefered for modification. > > But I see another problem with distributing the fonts package with the > GPL. I do see differences between the GPL and §6 of the LPPL: part a) > and b) are covered by the GPL, as it requires the same, but d) is > not. The GPL does not require anybody to include or link the > unmodified LaTeX in a derived work. So somebody could base a work off > your GPLed fonts package and remove the reference to LaTeX (the > unmodified, original work). This is allowed by the GPL but not by the > LPPL. > > The FSF also seems to think that the LPPL is incompatible with the > GPL, although they have not thoroughly checked the latest version. [2]
Thanks for your analysis. I fear that I will have to distribute the files under this irritating LPPL license. Anyone sees a way to escape from this? Best wishes, Joris _______________________________________________ Texmacs-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
