[tex-live] catalogue -- minor license clarification issues (artistic and others)
Alexander Cherepanov
cherepan at mccme.ru
Fri Oct 2 00:59:24 CEST 2009
Hi all!
Some minor license clarification issues.
--- mkjobtexmf -------------------------------------------------------
>From README:
License
=======
The file is part of project mkjobtexmf.
It's free software; you may redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself
(Perl Artistic License/GNU General Public License, version 2).
>From the Catalogue (mkjobtexmf.xml):
<license type='artistic'/>
Robin, could the license type be changed to gpl (with a note like
'same as perl: artistc/gpl')? It's as true as the current license type
but the package will be listed as free which is nice. Especially when
everything else in a distribution is free (as in texlive).
--- texdiff ----------------------------------------------------------
>From README:
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyleft 2006-2009, Mark Doll and Cengiz Gunay
This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
>From the Catalogue (texdiff.xml):
<license type='artistic' checked='2009-09-24' file='README'
version='0.4' username='robin'/>
Could this also be changed to gpl?
--- texdirflatten ----------------------------------------------------
>From README:
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyleft 2003-2009, Cengiz Gunay
This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
>From the Catalogue (texdirflatten.xml):
<license type='artistic' note='claimed on upload only - nothing in files'/>
Could this also be changed to gpl?
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The rest of the packages are not in texlive so of interest only for
ctan@ .
---- tengtex ---------------------------------------------------------
>From the Catalogue (dvi2tty.xml):
<license type='other-free' checked='2008-12-19' file='vanda.tex'
version='1.00' username='robin'
note='that licence file is written in pseudo-tolkien, but
does seem to say that distribution may be free'/>
>From vanda.tex:
I hereby offer these spells to all who would have them, for toil or
for~mirth, and I grant them leave to copy them. But credit they shall
give in their hearts to me, Tolkien, F\"eanor, Aul\"e and Eru, and
they shall not trade the spells, nor any thing wrought therewith, for
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gold, silver and jewels. Death in torment and darkness shall be the
doom of the greedy who heed not this oath, and their names shall not
be~uttered, but shall be forgotten for~ever between the borders of the
world and beyond them.
Seems like nosell? (My pseudo-tolkien is more poor then my English
though:-)
---- wordweb ---------------------------------------------------------
>From the Catalogue (wordweb.xml):
<license type='noinfo' checked='2009-01-07' file='*'
version='1993-06-30' username='robin'
note='licence information may exist in .doc files...'/>
>From WORDWEB.DOC:
Disclaimer
This program is provided merely as a jumping-off point for future
work by others, and therefore comes with no warranty whatsoever.
The author has no intention of supporting it, as he does not use it
himself. This work is freely distributable, and it is expected that
works derived from it will be freely distributable as well. If you
create a work based on this program that you intend to release
commercially, you must first get permission from the author. If
your work is to be distributed at no charge, no special permission
is necessary, but you must give appropriate credit to Lee Wittenberg
and Tipton Cole+Co. in your documentation and copyright (or
copyleft) notices..
NEWWWEB.DOC contains the same disclaimer.
Looks like "nosell".
--- figsinltx --------------------------------------------------------
>From the Catalogue (figsinltx.xml):
<license type='noinfo' checked='2008-10-10' file='figsinltx.ps'
version='1.1' username='robin'
note='no source available'/>
I think it's better to classify it as "nosource"? (Assuming that the
fact of submission to ctan implies the permission to distribute.)
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Alexander Cherepanov
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