<div dir="ltr">Thanks a lot for the explanations Karl.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Karl Berry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karl@freefriends.org">karl@freefriends.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im"> Is it true that with version 1.3, if you modify a package, you no<br>
longer need to change its name (it is not compulsory to change the<br>
name of the file or package)?<br>
<br>
</div>That is correct, though it is strongly recommended to do so. What you<br>
have to do, technically, is ensure the modified version "unambiguously<br>
identifies itself as a modified version" . See Section 6 of the LPPL<br>
(especially).<br>
<br>
As you may know, Frank M wrote an article for TUGboat on LPPL history<br>
and decisions. He just asked me about posting it, and I've made it<br>
available from the TUGboat site:<br>
<a href="http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb32-1/tb100mitt.pdf" target="_blank">http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb32-1/tb100mitt.pdf</a><br>
<div class="im"><br>
Also by this version of the license, if you change a package, but<br>
you only do it for your own personal usage, will you still need to<br>
change the name of the file?<br>
<br>
</div>1) It is not likely that any copyright-based license can legally restrict<br>
what you name a file on your own computer.<br>
<br>
2) In any case, since LPPL 1.3 does not require renaming files in the<br>
case of distribution, it certainly does not require renaming in the case<br>
of personal use. There is a recommendation in the LPPL that such<br>
renaming be done (and I agree with that recommendation), but it is not a<br>
legal requirement.<br>
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karl<br>
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