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DosTeX COPYING POLICY
The redistribution policy for DosTeX is similiar to the Unix Tex
distribution:
Is it proper for a DosTeX recipient to give DosTeX to other sites?
It is to the advantage of a site to get the distribution from us rather
than from another site. There are three reasons for this. First, when
a site requests the distribution from us, we have a record of who has
the software. We are therefore able to contact them if we discover a
major bug or to announce new versions of the software or the macro
packages (this, incidentally, is also an excellent reason for every
site to join the TeX Users' Group). Stanford receives
a few telephone calls each week from people with out of date
versions of TeX which have developed problems. Since these people
have been out of touch with the more recent TeX developments, they've
been unaware of the previous detection and resolution of their
problems. Second, when a site contacts us for the DosTeX floppies,
they then know who to contact to report any problems they may run into.
Third, a site receiving floppies from us knows that they are
receiving a complete distribution.
On the other hand, it is undesirable and unnecessary to
require that multiple computers at the same location each request a
separate copy of the distribution, particularly when the same
individual is responsible for installing and maintaining TeX on each
of these machines. Additionally, our understanding of Stanford's
intentions is that the software is available to be freely
redistributed and that the copyright notices appearing on some of the
software are intended to prohibit misrepresentation of modified
versions of the software (as being, for example, TeX) not to restrict
distribution.
Our requirements for redistributed copies are therefore as follows:
1. Copies must be complete and unmodified. All floppies must be
included and every file on each floppy must also be provided on the
copies. A complete list of all files in this distribution
is found at the end of this notice.
2. You may not charge a fee for making the copy.
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