As I am new to this discussion, first here are some words about myself and my understanding of the situation.
I'm a longstanding user of TeX, and author of TeX macros. Some years ago I did a small amount of volunteer work for the LaTeX-3 project. My current interests include XML-front ends, and TeX as a callable function. Debian wish to ensure that users of open-source software can if they wish modify, develop and redistribute this software. A worthy aim. The LaTeX team wish to ensure that running a command such as tex \&latex myfile.tex gives essentially identical results on all computers, provided myfile.tex is unchanged. Again, a worthy aim. This discussion is devoted to formulating a license that meets both the Debian and LaTeX aims. Now to the problem. Debian guideline 5 states "The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons." The proposed LaTeX license defines the Current Maintainer. The license grants these person(s) privileges that are not granted to other licensees. Although the motive is the worthy one of protecting the integrity of LaTeX, as above, this part of the proposed license is not in my opinion consistent with the non-discrimination guideline. I am confident that the LaTeX and Debian aims are consistent. I am also confident that this discussion has sufficient wisdom and good-will to find a solution to the problem. Jonathan Fine Cambridge, UK