[tex-live] Fwd: Could Apple host the CVS tree for TeX (open software)?

[Gerben Wierda]

Answer from my contact at Apple:

Begin forwarded message:

> Hi Gerben,
>
> Happy New Year.  I think the OpenDarwin project < www.opendarwin.org > 
> would be very happy to host TeX, assuming the LPPL isn't too annoying. 
> You can sign up for an account at
>
> https://www.opendarwin.org/en/application.php
> [feel free to list me as mentor]
>
> and request a project at:
>
> http://www.opendarwin.org/en/newproject.php
>
> Email core at opendarwin.org if you have questions about Opendarwin.
>
> -- Ernie P.
>
> On Jan 6, 2004, at 11:40 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> Hi Ernie,
>>
>> currently, TeX Live hosting is privided by the perforce people. We 
>> wan't to move to a CVS setup so that more users can get access 
>> easily. SF is out because of licensing issues (the free LPPL for TeX 
>> is not OSI-certified).
>>
>> Do you think maybe Apple would be interested in hosting this for the 
>> academic and publishing community? They would only have to provide 
>> the CVS infrastructure (as you already do for Dawin) and get some 
>> people maintenance access on that tree. It would be good publicity 
>> and certainly draw more people to Apple. Is there someone I should 
>> talk to about this idea?
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> G
>>
>
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