The LaTeX Project Public License

[Forrest J. Cavalier III]

> You may not modify in any way a file of The Program that bears a legal
> notice forbidding modification of that file.
> 

This is counter to the whole idea of free software, and violates
OSD #3.  http://www.opensource.org/osd.html

One reason that RMS started the free software movement in the
first place is that he wanted to be able to modify a program to
better suit his needs and he was denied that freedom.

Either you grant freedom, or you do not.  I don't see how
a license which says "we sometimes grant you freedom, check
the file" is much relevant to license-discuss at opensource.org,
or the free software community.

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This license attempts to extend trademark-type protections
to filenames, even though those filenames may be obvious
and not meet any qualities of marks which deserve or need
protection.

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The license is probably incompatible with just about every
other open source license.  It is pretty complicated,
so perhas that may just be my confusion.

Forrest