[tex-hyphen] License of hyphenation patterns

[Javier Bezos]

El 11/12/2015 18:05, Stephan Hennig escribió:

 > 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?
 >
 >     4b. For developers?
 >
 >     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