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Re: equivalent of tetex-src in Debian TeX-Live?



Hi Hilmar,

stay cool ... ;-)

On Fr, 07 Dez 2007, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> IIRC the only reason to provide tetex-src was a clause in the LPPL
> that a "Compiled Work" (sty-, dvi file) has to be given out together
> with its source (dtx file), which is not the case any more in the TeX
> Live packets of Debian (AFAICT).

> Just a reminder.... mdwtab itself is GPL, so the mdwtab.dtx *has* to
> be shipped and this *is* a GPL violation. IMHO.

The source is present in 
	texlive-base_2007.orig.tar.gz

When a GPL program is installed the sources are never installed with it,
but are available in the orig package. Same here.

Best wishes

Norbert

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