Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Another tex package (texlive-base) to hack

[Russell Currey]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 16:14 +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:16:31 +0200
> Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Sam Geeraerts schreef:
> > > Karl Goetz schreef:
> > >> I have changed the status of the bug[1]. Its now NEEDSINFO,
> > >> BLOCKER, target release deltah (2.3).
> > >>
> > >> I'll adjust the status when we get word back from the FSF as to
> > >> their opinion.
> > >>
> > >> Sam/Benedikt, have either of you emailed the FSF yet?
> > > 
> > > I assume nobody has up until now, so I've just sent them an email.
> > Hi Sam,
> > 
> >      The team working on gNewSense are trying to decide what to do
> > about the
> >      amslatex software.
> > 
> > My short answer is: include it  :) .
> > 
> >      Considering that AMS probably own all
> >      the code in the package,
> > 
> > They do.
> > 
> >      is this an acceptable way of dealing with the situation?
> > 
> > It's certainly suboptimal, but I think it would be a terrible
> > overreaction to exclude amslatex just because of that.  Let's hope
> > they fix all their files soon.
> 
> I see.
> Then I think we can leave it where it is. I still think we should
> include an updated licence file for it though; and a reference back to
> this discussion. Thoughts on that?
> kk

I believe an updated license must be posted to clarify on the situation,
linking to this discussion.  It would be a shame to remove an important
package due to a petty situation, especially considering gNS 2.3 is
around the corner.

The most important thing in this situation is that no-one forgets about
the package and continues to pester ams about the license.

I see no problems with continuing to include amslatex currently.

-- 
Russell Currey (ruscur/rusty)
Noob programmer, FSF member and gNewSense contributor
http://identi.ca/ruscur