[Texi2html-bug] about public domain code in texi2html

[Patrice Dumas]

Hello,

I don't remember if I emphasized this fact, but I think that it is
important.

The code in texi2html.init is currently public domain, and so is the
code in examples/*.init (I am the author), except maybe for 
mediawiki.init which has been mainly written by Derek.

I think that it is better if it stays that way, to avoid licensing
issues when people cut and paste code from init files to customize
texi2html output. Maybe some of the examples/*.init files could be not
in the public domain, if it appears that they are unlikely to be reused
in user configurations.

I am not the author of everything in texi2html.init, Olaf also authored
some parts, but I think that he also wanted what he did to be public
domain, based on comments in the code about how the code could be reused.

There is still some code that should, in my opinion be public domain and
in texi2html.init, but cannot be since it was GPled in the first place,
see in texi2html.pl:

# Function refs covered by the GPL as part of the texi2html.pl original
# code. As such they cannot appear in texi2html.init which is public 
# domain (at least the things coded by me, and, if I'm not wrong also
# the things coded by Olaf -- Pat).
#

$toc_body                 = \&T2H_GPL_toc_body;
$style                    = \&T2H_GPL_style;
$format                   = \&T2H_GPL_format;

--
Pat