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3 | The LaTeX Project Public License | ||
4 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | ||
5 | |||
6 | LPPL Version 1.2 1999-09-03 | ||
7 | |||
8 | Copyright 1999 LaTeX3 Project | ||
9 | Everyone is allowed to distribute verbatim copies of this | ||
10 | license document, but modification of it is not allowed. | ||
11 | |||
12 | |||
13 | PREAMBLE | ||
14 | ======== | ||
15 | |||
16 | The LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) is the license under which the | ||
17 | base LaTeX distribution is distributed. | ||
18 | |||
19 | You may use this license for any program that you have written and wish | ||
20 | to distribute. This license may be particularly suitable if your | ||
21 | program is TeX-related (such as a LaTeX package), but you may use it | ||
22 | even if your program is unrelated to TeX. The section `WHETHER AND HOW | ||
23 | TO DISTRIBUTE PROGRAMS UNDER THIS LICENSE`, below, gives instructions, | ||
24 | examples, and recommendations for authors who are considering | ||
25 | distributing their programs under this license. | ||
26 | |||
27 | In this license document, `The Program` refers to any program | ||
28 | distributed under this license. | ||
29 | |||
30 | This license gives conditions under which The Program may be distributed | ||
31 | and conditions under which modified versions of The Program may be | ||
32 | distributed. Individual files of The Program may bear supplementary | ||
33 | and/or superseding conditions on modification of themselves and on the | ||
34 | distribution of modified versions of themselves, but *no* file of The | ||
35 | Program may bear supplementary or superseding conditions on the | ||
36 | distribution of an unmodified copy of the file. A distributor wishing | ||
37 | to distribute a complete, unmodified copy of The Program therefore | ||
38 | needs to check the conditions only in this license and nowhere else. | ||
39 | |||
40 | Activities other than distribution and/or modification of The Program | ||
41 | are not covered by this license; they are outside its scope. In | ||
42 | particular, the act of running The Program is not restricted. | ||
43 | |||
44 | We, the LaTeX3 Project, believe that the conditions below give you | ||
45 | the freedom to make and distribute modified versions of The Program | ||
46 | that conform with whatever technical specifications you wish while | ||
47 | maintaining the availability, integrity, and reliability of | ||
48 | The Program. If you do not see how to achieve your goal while | ||
49 | meeting these conditions, then read the document `cfgguide.tex` | ||
50 | in the base LaTeX distribution for suggestions. | ||
51 | |||
52 | |||
53 | CONDITIONS ON DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION | ||
54 | =========================================== | ||
55 | |||
56 | You may distribute a complete, unmodified copy of The Program. | ||
57 | Distribution of only part of The Program is not allowed. | ||
58 | |||
59 | You may not modify in any way a file of The Program that bears a legal | ||
60 | notice forbidding modification of that file. | ||
61 | |||
62 | You may distribute a modified file of The Program if, and only if, the | ||
63 | following eight conditions are met: | ||
64 | |||
65 | 1. You must meet any additional conditions borne by the file on the | ||
66 | distribution of a modified version of the file as described below | ||
67 | in the subsection `Additional Conditions on Individual Files of | ||
68 | The Program`. | ||
69 | |||
70 | 2. If the file is a LaTeX software file, then you must meet any | ||
71 | applicable additional conditions on the distribution of a modified | ||
72 | version of the file that are described below in the subsection | ||
73 | `Additional Conditions on LaTeX Software Files`. | ||
74 | |||
75 | 3. You must not distribute the modified file with the filename of the | ||
76 | original file. | ||
77 | |||
78 | 4. In the modified file, you must acknowledge the authorship and | ||
79 | name of the original file, and the name (if any) of the program | ||
80 | which contains it. | ||
81 | |||
82 | 5. You must change any identification string in the file to indicate | ||
83 | clearly that the modified file is not part of The Program. | ||
84 | |||
85 | 6. You must change any addresses in the modified file for the | ||
86 | reporting of errors in the file or in The Program generally to | ||
87 | ensure that reports for files no longer maintained by the original | ||
88 | maintainers will be directed to the maintainers of the modified | ||
89 | files. | ||
90 | |||
91 | 7. You must distribute the modified file under a license that forbids | ||
92 | distribution both of the modified file and of any files derived | ||
93 | from the modified file with the filename of the original file. | ||
94 | |||
95 | 8. You must do either (A) or (B): | ||
96 | |||
97 | (A) distribute a copy of The Program (that is, a complete, | ||
98 | unmodified copy of The Program) together with the modified | ||
99 | file; if your distribution of the modified file is made by | ||
100 | offering access to copy the modified file from a designated | ||
101 | place, then offering equivalent access to copy The Program | ||
102 | from the same place meets this condition, even though third | ||
103 | parties are not compelled to copy The Program along with the | ||
104 | modified file; | ||
105 | |||
106 | (B) provide to those who receive the modified file information | ||
107 | that is sufficient for them to obtain a copy of The Program; | ||
108 | for example, you may provide a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | ||
109 | for a site that you expect will provide them with a copy of | ||
110 | The Program free of charge (either the version from which | ||
111 | your modification is derived, or perhaps a later version). | ||
112 | |||
113 | Note that in the above, `distribution` of a file means making the | ||
114 | file available to others by any means. This includes, for instance, | ||
115 | installing the file on any machine in such a way that the file is | ||
116 | accessible by users other than yourself. `Modification` of a file | ||
117 | means any procedure that produces a derivative file under any | ||
118 | applicable law -- that is, a file containing the original file or | ||
119 | a significant portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications | ||
120 | and/or translated into another language. | ||
121 | |||
122 | Changing the name of a file (other than as necessitated by the file | ||
123 | conventions of the target file systems) is considered to be a | ||
124 | modification of the file. | ||
125 | |||
126 | The distribution conditions in this license do not have to be | ||
127 | applied to files that have been modified in accordance with the | ||
128 | above conditions. Note, however, that Condition 7. does apply to | ||
129 | any such modified file. | ||
130 | |||
131 | The conditions above are not intended to prohibit, and hence do not | ||
132 | apply to, the updating, by any method, of a file so that it becomes | ||
133 | identical to the latest version of that file of The Program. | ||
134 | |||
135 | |||
136 | |||
137 | A Recommendation on Modification Without Distribution | ||
138 | ----------------------------------------------------- | ||
139 | |||
140 | It is wise never to modify a file of The Program, even for your own | ||
141 | personal use, without also meeting the above eight conditions for | ||
142 | distributing the modified file. While you might intend that such | ||
143 | modified files will never be distributed, often this will happen by | ||
144 | accident -- you may forget that you have modified the file; or it may | ||
145 | not occur to you when allowing others to access the modified file | ||
146 | that you are thus distributing it and violating the conditions of | ||
147 | this license. It is usually in your best interest to keep your copy | ||
148 | of The Program identical with the public one. Many programs provide | ||
149 | ways to control the behavior of that program without altering its | ||
150 | licensed files. | ||
151 | |||
152 | |||
153 | Additional Conditions on Individual Files of The Program | ||
154 | -------------------------------------------------------- | ||
155 | |||
156 | An individual file of The Program may bear additional conditions that | ||
157 | supplement and/or supersede the conditions in this license if, and only | ||
158 | if, such additional conditions exclusively concern modification of the | ||
159 | file or distribution of a modified version of the file. The conditions | ||
160 | on individual files of The Program therefore may differ only with | ||
161 | respect to the kind and extent of modification of those files that | ||
162 | is allowed, and with respect to the distribution of modified versions | ||
163 | of those files. | ||
164 | |||
165 | |||
166 | Additional Conditions on LaTeX Software Files | ||
167 | --------------------------------------------- | ||
168 | |||
169 | If a file of The Program is intended to be used with LaTeX (that is, | ||
170 | if it is a LaTeX software file), then the following additional | ||
171 | conditions, which supplement and/or supersede the conditions | ||
172 | above, apply to the file according to its filename extension: | ||
173 | |||
174 | - You may not modify any file with filename extension `.ins` since | ||
175 | these are installation files containing the legal notices that are | ||
176 | placed in the files they generate. | ||
177 | |||
178 | - You may distribute modified versions of files with filename | ||
179 | extension `.fd` (LaTeX font definition files) under the standard | ||
180 | conditions of the LPPL as described above. You may also distribute | ||
181 | such modified LaTeX font definition files with their original names | ||
182 | provided that: | ||
183 | (1) the only changes to the original files either enable use of | ||
184 | available fonts or prevent attempts to access unavailable fonts; | ||
185 | (2) you also distribute the original, unmodified files (TeX input | ||
186 | paths can be used to control which set of LaTeX font definition | ||
187 | files is actually used by TeX). | ||
188 | |||
189 | - You may distribute modified versions of files with filename | ||
190 | extension `.cfg` (configuration files) with their original names. | ||
191 | The Program may (and usually will) specify the range of commands | ||
192 | that are allowed in a particular configuration file. | ||
193 | |||
194 | Because of portability and exchangeability issues in LaTeX software, | ||
195 | The LaTeX3 Project deprecates the distribution of modified versions of | ||
196 | components of LaTeX or of generally available contributed code for them, | ||
197 | but such distribution can meet the conditions of this license. | ||
198 | |||
199 | |||
200 | NO WARRANTY | ||
201 | =========== | ||
202 | |||
203 | There is no warranty for The Program. Except when otherwise stated in | ||
204 | writing, The Copyright Holder provides The Program `as is`, without | ||
205 | warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not | ||
206 | limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for | ||
207 | a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance | ||
208 | of The Program is with you. Should The Program prove defective, you | ||
209 | assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction. | ||
210 | |||
211 | In no event unless agreed to in writing will The Copyright Holder, or | ||
212 | any author named in the files of The Program, or any other party who may | ||
213 | distribute and/or modify The Program as permitted above, be liable to | ||
214 | you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or | ||
215 | consequential damages arising out of any use of The Program or out of | ||
216 | inability to use The Program (including, but not limited to, loss of | ||
217 | data, data being rendered inaccurate, or losses sustained by anyone as | ||
218 | a result of any failure of The Program to operate with any other | ||
219 | programs), even if The Copyright Holder or said author or said other | ||
220 | party has been advised of the possibility of such damages. | ||
221 | |||
222 | |||
223 | WHETHER AND HOW TO DISTRIBUTE PROGRAMS UNDER THIS LICENSE | ||
224 | ========================================================= | ||
225 | |||
226 | This section contains important instructions, examples, and | ||
227 | recommendations for authors who are considering distributing their | ||
228 | programs under this license. These authors are addressed as `you` in | ||
229 | this section. | ||
230 | |||
231 | |||
232 | Choosing This License or Another License | ||
233 | ---------------------------------------- | ||
234 | |||
235 | If for any part of your program you want or need to use *distribution* | ||
236 | conditions that differ from those in this license, then do not refer to | ||
237 | this license anywhere in your program but instead distribute your | ||
238 | program under a different license. You may use the text of this license | ||
239 | as a model for your own license, but your license should not refer to | ||
240 | the LPPL or otherwise give the impression that your program is | ||
241 | distributed under the LPPL. | ||
242 | |||
243 | The document `modguide.tex` in the base LaTeX distribution explains | ||
244 | the motivation behind the conditions of this license. It explains, | ||
245 | for example, why distributing LaTeX under the GNU General Public | ||
246 | License (GPL) was considered inappropriate. Even if your program is | ||
247 | unrelated to LaTeX, the discussion in `modguide.tex` may still be | ||
248 | relevant, and authors intending to distribute their programs under any | ||
249 | license are encouraged to read it. | ||
250 | |||
251 | |||
252 | How to Use This License | ||
253 | ----------------------- | ||
254 | |||
255 | To use this license, place in each of the files of your program both | ||
256 | an explicit copyright notice including your name and the year and also | ||
257 | a statement that the distribution and/or modification of the file is | ||
258 | constrained by the conditions in this license. | ||
259 | |||
260 | Here is an example of such a notice and statement: | ||
261 | |||
262 | %% pig.dtx | ||
263 | %% Copyright 2001 M. Y. Name | ||
264 | % | ||
265 | % This program may be distributed and/or modified under the | ||
266 | % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.2 | ||
267 | % of this license or (at your option) any later version. | ||
268 | % The latest version of this license is in | ||
269 | % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt | ||
270 | % and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX | ||
271 | % version 1999/12/01 or later. | ||
272 | % | ||
273 | % This program consists of the files pig.dtx and pig.ins | ||
274 | |||
275 | Given such a notice and statement in a file, the conditions given in | ||
276 | this license document would apply, with `The Program` referring to the | ||
277 | two files `pig.dtx` and `pig.ins`, and `The Copyright Holder` referring | ||
278 | to the person `M. Y. Name`. | ||
279 | |||
280 | |||
281 | Important Recommendations | ||
282 | ------------------------- | ||
283 | |||
284 | Defining What Constitutes The Program | ||
285 | |||
286 | The LPPL requires that distributions of The Program contain all the | ||
287 | files of The Program. It is therefore important that you provide a | ||
288 | way for the licensee to determine which files constitute The Program. | ||
289 | This could, for example, be achieved by explicitly listing all the | ||
290 | files of The Program near the copyright notice of each file or by | ||
291 | using a line like | ||
292 | |||
293 | % This program consists of all files listed in manifest.txt. | ||
294 | |||
295 | in that place. In the absence of an unequivocal list it might be | ||
296 | impossible for the licensee to determine what is considered by you | ||
297 | to comprise The Program. | ||
298 | |||
299 | Noting Exceptional Files | ||
300 | |||
301 | If The Program contains any files bearing additional conditions on | ||
302 | modification, or on distribution of modified versions, of those | ||
303 | files (other than those listed in `Additional Conditions on LaTeX | ||
304 | Software Files`), then it is recommended that The Program contain a | ||
305 | prominent file that defines the exceptional conditions, and either | ||
306 | lists the exceptional files or defines one or more categories of | ||
307 | exceptional files. | ||
308 | |||
309 | Files containing the text of a license (such as this file) are | ||
310 | often examples of files bearing more restrictive conditions on | ||
311 | modification. LaTeX configuration files (with filename extension | ||
312 | `.cfg`) are examples of files bearing less restrictive conditions | ||
313 | on the distribution of a modified version of the file. The | ||
314 | additional conditions on LaTeX software given above are examples | ||
315 | of declaring a category of files bearing exceptional additional | ||
316 | conditions. | ||
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