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Re: Latex freedom issues
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Caleb Herbert |
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Re: Latex freedom issues |
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Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:26:39 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2021-06-24 at 20:10 -0500, quiliro@riseup.net wrote:
> I was notified by the Hyperbola GNU developers that Latex will be
> removed. There is a freedom bug report on:
> https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/972
Somewhere, RMS said "And TeX was free - just barely." IIRC, the issue
is that you have to change the name of the software to redistribute it,
or something.
Honestly, I will not trust any alleged freedom concerns coming from
Parabola and Hyperbola folks. Their policies are extremely strict,
more strict than most FSDG distros. Just look at the your-privacy
package! They're getting into users' business way too much.
> Would this issue affect other FSF approved distros?
Probably. I left the FSF-approved ghettos once Python packages were
not repackaged under a free repository, but simply REMOVED. Honestly,
I'm getting tired of all this.