[tex-live] license and TL

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard mpg at elzevir.fr
Tue Nov 17 17:57:29 CET 2009


Lars Madsen a écrit :
>  % NOTICE:
>  % This file may be used for non-profit purposes.
>  % It may not be distributed in exchange for money,
>  %   other than distribution costs.
> 
> 
> but it is also under the lppl,

Technically, no, it's not under the lppl. Either it is under lppl and
the notice above is invalid, or it is under "lppl+restriction", which is
not lppl.

If only authors could stop making self-contradictory and/or ambiguous
licence statements, life would be a bit easier...

> but doesn't this mean that it is not
> suited for TL?
> 
I don't know. Does anyone want to contact the author and ask him to clarify?

Manuel.



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