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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Where is TEX?
Message-ID: <12941@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 7 Dec 89 00:40:02 GMT
References: <5449@nigel.udel.EDU>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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In article <5449@nigel.udel.EDU>, okay%tafs.mitre.org@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
> While AmigaTeX, the program is a copyrighted, for-sale work, I believe
> that LaTeX in and of itself is a copyrighted, but free set of macros
> written in TeX in which case you would merely have to get a hold of any
> distribution of the LaTeX package to have LaTeX.

Essentially correct.  But you still need TeX, of course . . .

> I'm making this assumption based on the fact that every version of TeX
> I've ever seen for workstations or > was provided free+cost of media.

Also free of support and others bells and whistles.

> Could somebody please, please, PLEASE! tell me where 'plain.fmt' goes?

It goes in tex:macros, I believe . . . Please send me your physical address
so I can send you an up to date demo; that one is ancient.  (Although I
have no idea what is wrong with the copy you have . . .)

-tom