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at Debian, we would have to remove the package latex2html from our distribution because of license issues we consider non-free [1] if the license doesn't change. Please consider releasing latex under a license suitable for Free Software / Open Source distributions. The license parts in question are: floatflt.ins (by Mats Dahlgren): % Copyright (c) 1994-1998 by Mats Dahlgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, % http://www.homenet.se/matsd/ . All rights reserved. % % You may use the `floatflt' package freely, but at your own % risk. The authors of floatflt.dtx and floatflt.ins (the % complete `floatflt' package distribution) can not be held % responsible for any consequence of your using any of these % files, or files created from these, including hardware, % software, and data damage. You may not make any changes to % the files floatflt.dtx or floatflt.ins. You are allowed to make % changes to the `\documentclass' and/or `\usepackage' commands % of the file `floatexm.tex'. You may incorporate % the code from these files in other files under different % names, provided the original authors are given full credit for % their work and that you yourself take the complaints from the % user(s) of your file(s). You may freely distribute the % files floatflt.dtx and floatflt.ins, provided: 1. You do not % take money for the distribution or use of these files except % for a nominal charge for diskettes and postage; and 2. You % always distribute `floatflt.dtx' and `floatflt.ins' together % at the same time. /usr/share/doc/latex2html/copyright (by Nikos Drakos): o No fees or compensation are charged for use, copies, or access to this software. You may charge a nominal distribution fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, but you may not charge for the program itself. Our guidelines forbid us to distribute software whose redistribution is restricted (here: no fee is allowed at all) and changes are not allowed. It would be nice to have latex2html licensed under a free (in our sense) license, e.g. the GPL. At least, free redistribution and modification (and in turn, its redistribution) would be needed. Thanks for considering. Roland Stigge Debian Project [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=204684
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