Re: [taupin@lps.u-psud.fr: Re: MusiXTeX T.75 on Debian GNU/Linux]
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 12:57:26PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Zygo Blaxell writes:
> > There's a giant hole in this.
>
> Most homebrew free software licenses don't do what the authors think they
> do. As long as they are free I don't worry about it. I see no need to
> point out to authors that their work is being protected from exploitation
> by evil profiteering corporations not by the clever license but by the fact
> that the corporations aren't interested.
Thank you for all your replies. You all have been great help. :-)
(Sorry for my late reply. :-)
Here comes another question: What course of action would you suggest
taking? If possible, I would like to convince the author to fix up the
copyright notice. Or, actually, that was not really the copyright
notice. It was a note in the MusiXTeX manual, but not properly
marked as the "license" or the copyright. Perhaps he might be more
interested in fixing up the license this time around. :-)
(Yes, I am still dreaming of putting MusiXTeX into main.)
So, beside doing the following:
* Contact the author who objected the license (and who later on forked
the development and started his own "OpusTeX") to clarify his position
by saying that he no longer has anything to do with MusiXTeX.
what else need to be fixed (in specific terms that MusiXTeX author could
understand) in order to make this license truly free? Thank you
in advance.
Anthony
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