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Re: HTML vs. LaTeX

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Subject Re: HTML vs. LaTeX
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:
>> I had the opposite impression, that Knuth didn't want changed
>>versions of TeX in circulation but instead he wanted it to be extended
>>with macros.
> What makes you think that?

For one thing, IIRC he didn't allow modified versions of tex.web to be
distributed.  You instead had to distribute the original along with a
patch file containing your changes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX#License has some info that's closer
to your interpretation, but it still seems a bit muddled.

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