[tex-live] econometrica.bst contains a non-free license

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Mon May 13 12:21:19 CEST 2013


Dr. Werner Fink <werner at suse.de> wrote:

> Affected files: 
> 
> economic/bibtex/bst/economic/econometrica-fr.bst
> economic/bibtex/bst/economic/econometrica.bst
> 
> lic_match_id 114640:
> ---------------------
> |  % NOTICE:
> |  % This file may be used for non-profit purposes.
> |  % It may not be distributed in exchange for money,
> |  %   other than distribution costs.
> |  %
> |  % The author provides it `as is' and does not guarantee it in any way.
> 
> ... in other words this file should be removed or the author may
> change/remove this notice.

indeed, together with econometric-fr which hasn't made it to tl (thank
goodness).

also, i find there is (in tl 2012 -- i've not had time to look at the
pretest) also a file bibtex/bst/beebe/econometrica.bst (identical to the
one under bst/economic).  this is even more troublesome, i would say,
since it's a nonfree file among several that are certainly free and
others about which i find it impossible to pronounce.  (licence
statements of any sort are the exception rather than the rule, in bst
files...)

robin


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