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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/thailatex/HISTORY b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/thailatex/HISTORY deleted file mode 100644 index 5bf9c0ca936..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/thailatex/HISTORY +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -MAINTAINERSHIP - -thailatex was originally created by Surapan Meknavin in 1999, as a project -under the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC). -Granted by its license terms, it has been later imported to a public CVS and -maintained by Thai Linux Working Group (TLWG) community since version 0.2 -in 2000. - -RELICENSING - -Before version 0.4.0, thailatex was released under non-commercial license: - ----8<--- - This package, "Thai Extension for LaTeX", is copyright (C) 1999 National - Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand. All rights - reserved. - - Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - modification are permitted provided that the following conditions - are met: - - 1. Redistributions of the program must retain the above copyright notice, - this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - - 2. No charge more than random data distribution cost is associated with - the redistributions. - - 3. The origin of this software must not be misinterpreted; you must not - claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software - in a product, an acknowledgement in the product documentation would be - appreciated but is not required. - - 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products - derived from this software without specific prior written permission. - - THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED - OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE - AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER - LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, - OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OF THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE - SOFTWARE. - - Surapant Meknavin, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand. - surapan@nectec.or.th ----8<--- - -The particular term has been found to break Debian Free Software Guidelines -(DFSG), as well as Open Source Definitions, by limiting the users' rights -to use the software in commercial cases: - - 2. No charge more than random data distribution cost is associated with - the redistributions. - -Therefore, a proposed idea is to relicense it to The LaTeX Project Public -License (LPPL), to conform to DFSG and OSD, as well as to be compatible to -other parts of Babel package, the target of the project. - -Although most of its maintainership over 6 years is done by TLWG members, -that is done under the license terms granted by NECTEC, the copyright holder. - -Hence, the original author and copyright holder have been contacted for a -grant to relicense it to The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). - -The original author's response is positive: - ----8<--- - From: "Surapan Meknavin" <surapan@siamguru.com> - To: "Theppitak Karoonboonyanan" <thep@linux.thai.net> - Cc: "Kamthorn Krairaksa" <kamthorn.krairaksa@nectec.or.th> - Subject: Re: thailatex license - Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:32:49 +0700 - - Dear Thep, - - Assuming that LPPL does not conflict with DFSG, I agree that the thailatex - package should be licensed under LPPL. I don't think there should be any - problem to remove the term you mentioned to make it free, as no one involved - in the package wants to make any money out of this since the beginning and - the term may be just there because we didn't aware of it. However, because - NECTEC is the entity who is taking care of thailatex package K. Kamthorn may - be the right person to help realize this. - - Best, - Surapan ----8<--- - -And the response from NECTEC is: - ----8<--- - - From: "pansak siriruchatapong" <srpansak@truemail.co.th> - To: <Thep@linux.thai.net> - Cc: "'Kamthorn Krairaksa'" <kamthorn.krairaksa@nectec.or.th>, - "pansak siriruchatapong" <pansak.siriruchatapong@nnet.nectec.or.th> - Subject: relicense thailatex - Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:18:52 +0700 - - Dear Theppitak - - Subject: Thai LaTeX Relicensing - - The thailatex package owned by NECTEC is currently distributed under - non-commercial license, which is found to break open source definitions. - To make it true open source according to NECTEC's original intention, - and to be compatible with upstream source into which it is aimed to - merge, NECTEC agrees to change the license terms to the LaTeX Project - Public License (LPPL), and hereby assigns Mr. Theppitak Karoonboonyanan - from Thai Linux Working Group (TLWG) to proceed the relicensing, and to - maintain the project as the Current Maintainer, as specified in the - license. - - Dr.Pansak Siriruchatapong - - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) - ----8<--- - -Therefore, thailatex is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License -(LPPL) since version 0.4.0. - |