[tex-live] Re: picins.sty license

[David Kastrup]

Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> writes:

>>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner at web.de> writes:
>
>   > Hi everybody, picins.sty starts with
>
>   > % PICINS.STY --- Style File zum Einbinden von Bildern % Autor:
>   > J. Bleser, E. Lang % Hochschulrechenzentrum % Technische
>   > Hochschule Darmstadt % !!!  Dieses Style-File ist urheberrechtlich
>   > geschuetzt !!!  % !!!  Aenderungen nur mit Zustimmung der Autoren
>   > !!!
>
>   > Translation: This style file is copyrighted.  No changes without
>   > the author's consent.
>
>   > I can't find any other statements on CTAN. Does anybody now
>   > anything else? As it stands, this is not free license. :-(
>
> At least distribution is not forbidden.

That would be redundant.  Redistribution is already prohibited by
copyright law.  You need an explicit _permission_ overriding the
copyright law default in order to redistribute.

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