[tex-hyphen] License of hyphenation patterns
Javier Bezos
jbezosl at gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 08:57:57 CET 2015
> So many words, so many questions:
>
> 1. Who are you?
>
> 2. What is your use-case?
>
> 3. What exact problem(s) are you facing with existing pattern files?
>
> 4. What is the benefit of changing licenses to BSD-style ones
>
> 4a. For you?
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> 4b. For developers?
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> 4c. For third-party users?
I would add another question:
4d. For the open source world in general?
I think the latter point eclipses the previous ones. I wouldn't
change the license for a particular project, but if the whole
community benefits from the pattern files, it's a good idea,
no matter who uses them and why.
Let me point out I was considering changing the license to a very
permissive one long before I was invited to do so a few weeks ago.
Javier
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