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Article #75697Re: Free Bookware?
From: Tim Moore
Date: Thu, 17 May 1990 16:40
Date: Thu, 17 May 1990 16:40
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In article <GUMBY.90May16180245@Cygnus.COM> gumby@Cygnus.COM (David Vinayak Wallace) writes:
>You might consider the TeX books themselves, the sources to which are
>included with the TeX distribution! Likewise the GNU manuals, some of
>which have been published.
But you're not allowed to run these sources through TeX and make your
own copy of the TeX book; it's there only as an example of hairy TeX
source. Also, one of the fonts used in the TeX book (the one that
contains the "dangerous bend" symbols") is not distributed in order to
discourage people from making bootleg copies of the TeXbook.
However, you can run the source code to TeX through TeX and
essentially produce your own copy of "TeX: the Program". And I don't
think anyone can complain about TeX not being free enough.
Tim Moore moore@cs.utah.edu {bellcore,hplabs}!utah-cs!moore
"Ah, youth. Ah, statute of limitations."
-John Waters
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,bab24ff26888b1f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-05-17 10:25:27 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!cdr.utah.edu!moore From: moore%cdr.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Tim Moore) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Free Bookware? Message-ID: <1990May17.104014.8529@hellgate.utah.edu> Date: 17 May 90 16:40:13 GMT References: <ZMLS04.90May16131625@warthog.trc.amoco.com> <GUMBY.90May16180245@Cygnus.COM> Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 18 Posted: Thu May 17 17:40:13 1990