From: David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 02:34:55PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > He is _trying_ to be DFSG-compliant but his license is mis-worded. > Someone should contact him.
David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From what I've read, Donald Knuth doesn't work on internet time, > and doesn't have an email address. Also, I'm not sure he cares > about DFSG - much of his code on the net has a do not modify > license on it, and even TeX doesn't have that free a license. When I first looked at that license, I didn't see the "Donald Knuth" and assumed that license was written by some completely clue-less person. It's extremely ambiguous in that the "changes are only permissible" does not actually grant any rights - it just says when changes are permissible. I suppose that license is very old. I think it belongs in non-free. Knuth might answer a letter, if there's somebody around here who likes lost causes. Thanks Bruce