[tex-live] arabtex

David Kastrup dak at gnu.org
Tue Oct 19 10:10:36 CEST 2004


Vladimir Volovich <vvv at vsu.ru> writes:

> "KB" == Karl Berry writes:
>
>  KB> Anyway, it's a moot point as far as arabtex goes, since it's
>  KB> actually in TL now, as Sebastian informed us, since the author
>  KB> changed the license (yay).  I was wrong about that.  Sorry for
>  KB> that confusion.
>
> I'm curious whether the following text is part of the license:
>
> 	ArabTeX is copyrighted by the author. If you use the system for
> 	scientific work please give appropriate credit to the software
> 	and the author (e.g. in the colophon of a monograph.) We also
> 	appreciate a complimentary copy of any scientific work produced
> 	with ArabTeX.
>
> and if so, does it combine well with LPPL?

It is a plea, not a demand.  Look up "please" and "appreciate" in a
dictionary of your choice.

> I would feel uncomfortable if i would ignore this demand when using
> arabtex, thus i would not consider this as "free".

It is not illegal to feel uncomfortable.  The licence is what you are
allowed to do without legal repercussions, not what you are allowed to
do feeling comfortable.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum



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