Re: [gNewSense-users] unclear licence of AMSLatex (fwd)

[Sam Geeraerts]

Karl Goetz schreef:
> >         Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as
> >         long as this file is not modified.  Modifications, and
> >         distribution of modified versions, are permitted, but only if the
> >         resulting file is renamed.
>
> For the moment, I have two questions/comments:
> - How does this licence apply to downstreams (eg, the 2nd level of
> distribution from AMS). Do they need to create a new file name (thereby
> having 3 file names for code thats potentially 95% the same)
> - As a result of the file renaming, anything which wants to source the new
> version will need to be updated to source the new file name.

If they're going to go through with this then some form of documentation 
about how to do this renaming properly would be nice. Or better yet: a 
script.

Would this renaming affect normal use of AMS-LaTeX? (I'm not sure if 
using a LaTeX package means directly referring to a file or directory name.)

They say "file(s)", but do they also mean to include directory names? 
(Maybe it doesn't matter and maybe a directory name can't be 
copyrighted, but I'd rather be clear about it.)