[tex-live] Re: babel's greek nonfree

Apostolos Syropoulos apostolo@obelix.ee.duth.gr
Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:34:15 +0300 (EET DST)


On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> %% IMPORTANT: The above license does not apply in the case of "Crete
> %%    University  Press", Helaklion-Crete, Greece. This publisher is
> %%    not allowed to use this software or any other piece of software
> %%    derived directly or indirectly from it in the production of any
> %%    commercial publication, i.e., one that is being sold from
> %%    bookstores, etc.
> 
> I consider this nonfree, just like 'free, but only for academic use'. It
> is clearly against items 5 and 6 of DFSG:
> Could someone please follow this?

If you consider it nonfree, then it is nonfree. I have my own reasons
for disallowing this particular publisher to use things that I have
(partly) created. And of course there are many things on this planet 
that are free but far less free than this "nonfree" software.
A.S.

PS What is DFSG? 
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