[tex-live] Powerdot removal?

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sat Jun 29 15:36:26 CEST 2013


By omitting the quotations, Arthur, you have completely
missed the semantics of the message.  The omitted parts
were :

> Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> 
>> we (ctan team) decided to remove the package, pending correction.
> 
> Norbert Preining wrote:
> 
>> request of the author to remove it from ctan, and as consequence from
>> TL.

Robin states that it was the CTAN team who decided to remove
the package, whereas Norbert states that it was removed at
the request of the author.  Both of these refer to CTAN --
the fact that it was, as a result, also removed from TeX
Live is irrelevant.

** Phil.
--------
Arthur Reutenauer wrote:

>> Quot homines, tot sententiæ.  It is little wonder that lesser
>> mortals are left confused.
> 
>   If a package author decides to remove his or her package from CTAN, it
> can't be in TeX Live either, whose licence requirements are stricter
> than CTAN's.  What other solutions do you recommend?
> 
> 	Arthur
> 
> 
> 


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