Re: [GNU-linux-libre] TeXLive auditing

[Diego Saravia]

% This macro file belongs to the public domain
% under the conditions specified by the author of TeX:
%
%   ``Macro files like PLAIN.TEX should not be changed in any way,
% except with respect to preloaded fonts,
% unless the changes are authorized by the authors of the macros.''
%
%   Donald E. Knuth
%
% For details see MEXINFO.ENG or MEXINFO.POL.

It's clearly nonfree and different that what Knuth states in plain.tex:

% Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as long
% as this file is not modified. Modifications are permitted, but only if
% the resulting file is not named plain.tex.


I cant see any contradiction

plain.tex cannot be changed

but if you rename as plain-pepito.tex is everything ok

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] TeXLive auditing

[Jason Self]

From http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

...it is acceptable for the license to require that you change the name of the 
modified version, remove a logo, or identify your modifications as yours. As 
long as these requirements are not so burdensome that they effectively hamper 
you from releasing your changes, they are acceptable; you're already making 
other changes to the program, so you won't have trouble making a few more.


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