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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texsis/base/COPYING b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texsis/base/COPYING new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2d35a8a1456 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texsis/base/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1,287 @@ + Texsis Copyright, Warranty (lack thereof), + and Distribution Restrictions + + +License and Distribution +======================== + +TeXsis is free software which can be redistributed and/or modified +under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), as +reproduced below. Any reference to "The Program" in the license +refers to TeXsis and its associated files. A list of the files +covered by the LPPL is provided in the file called MANIFEST. + + Note that TeXsis is based on Plain TeX, not LaTeX, and so the rules +for naming files with the extensions .ins, .fd, and .cfg do not apply. +The only special extension used by TeXsis is .txs for style files, and +these should be treated the same as the other TeXsis source files +unless a statement in that file says otherwise. + + +COPYRIGHT +========= + +Unless specified otherwise in individual files, TeXsis is Copyright +1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000, 2001 by +Eric Myers and Frank E. Paige. Other copyrights exist and are noted +in the individual files that are affected. + + +HISTORY +======= + +Prior to TeXsis version 2.18 the source code to TeXsis was covered by a +simple copyright declaration and a statement that permission was granted +to use the software by any member the academic community in conjunction +with basic research, but that the software could not be used or +distributed for profit without permission. This was sufficient in the +1980's when TeXsis was being developed specifically for physics +researchers, but by the end of the 1990's the issues surrounding software +licensing had become more developed and we decided that we needed a more +explicit licensing statement and something a bit more open than just +"academic use only". + + We originally considered the GNU Public License (GPL) and the +"Lesser" or "Library" version of that license (the LGPL), as well as +the BSD License, the "Artistic" License, and in fact we looked at most +of the licences approved by the Open Source Initiative (see +http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ ). We also considered writing our +own custom licensing statement, but we eventually decided against +this. We felt that it was important to choose a well-known license so +that users would know the basic terms of the license without having to +read all the details. In the end we found that the LaTeX Project +Public Licence (LPPL) suited the needs and the spirit of TeXsis most +closely, and so versions 2.18 of TeXsis and beyond are covered by the +LPPL, which is reproduced below or can be obtained from the TeXsis +website. + + Please note that the LPPL only applies to the TeXsis source code and +code derived from it, but it does not apply to TeXsis style files (or +other files) which were written independently without using TeXsis +source code. We hope that the authors of style files will choose to +follow our lead and license their works under the LPPL, but they are +free to choose whatever license they deem appropriate. 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