SIAM packages

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Sun Oct 30 20:48:58 CET 2022


ne 30. 10. 2022 v 20:43 odesílatel Tom Kacvinsky <tkacvins at gmail.com> napsal:
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> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 3:30 PM Boris Veytsman <borisv at lk.net> wrote:
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>> TK> From: Tom Kacvinsky <tkacvins at gmail.com>
>> TK> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 13:29:03 -0400
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>> TK> Does SIAM prevent the distribution of its packages in TeXLive?  I see it
>> TK> listed on CTAN, but AFAICT it doesn't appear to be available for install
>> TK> via tlmgr.
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>> SIAM uses a non-commercial license:
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>>    You are NOT ALLOWED to take money for the distribution or use of
>>    either one of these files or a changed version of it, except for a
>>    nominal charge for copying etc.
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>> TeXLive cannot distribute NC packages.  I wrote a column about this,
>> by the way, https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Pres/tb130pres.pdf
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> OK, good to know.  Around the same time I sent the message to this list, I
> asked SIAM if they'll allow for it - I'm a SIAM member and I mentioned that
> TeXLive has a strong following.  I should have added that other societies
> allow for distribution of their TeX packages.
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You should remember that DANTE prepares TeX Live on a DVD which is
sold and this is the stopper. As written in the column, how you can
judge whether the price is just for production and not for the
contents.

> Thanks and regards,
>
> Tom


Zdeněk Wagner
http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml



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