Maybe this tool should not be incorporated into groff but done separately... XMetal and the like aren't part of XML... I think I like the idea of groff remaining "pure" anyhow, and it might spare us some bureaucratic headaches.
Theoretically, one could develop the front-end as a commercial product, right? I'm not sure there's a good business case for it, but keeping it distinct from groff makes sense to me. Side note -- Warren's mail went to my Bulk mailbox. Now why did this get flagged when they miss the pornography that so often arrives on this list? Sigh. meg --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as formal copyright is concerned, I'm not sure of the > implications. That script is basically the one which I use all the > time, with some strictly local details stripped out; but it's > still somewhat specific to the way I use it. As a general resource, > it would need some "generalisation". As it stands, people can see > how it works. There's a little bit of intricacy at its core, which > is the key to how it works, but the general purpose of posting it > was that others can make whatever changes they need to adapt it to > their own way of doing things. For what it's worth, it is as much > yours as it is mine. > > But once such a thing gets a "copyright assignment", does that > then put it into the grip of the GNU GPL or the like? With the > implication that if anyone makes a change and then passes on > the revised version, there must be the canonical reference to > the original sources or traceback thereto? Etc.? > > If there are such implications, then I'd be a bit uneasy; that > seems like overkill! > > While I'm a devotee of the principles of Free Software, and for > all that I recognise the protection that GPL etc. provide for > these principles, I'm also a devotee of Freedom From Bureaucracy! > > (This also connects to UTP, which Meg mentioned, and I'll post > separately about that when I've had a bit more think ... ). > > Best wishes to all, > Ted. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 18-Oct-05 Time: 09:26:21 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Groff mailing list > Groff@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff > _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
