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From: doug@eris (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Multi User
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Date: 15 Apr 88 20:02:29 GMT
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In article <8459@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>In article <2361@cadnetix.COM| childs@cadnetix.COM (David Childs) writes:
>|Also, does someone have the public domain type source of TeX? [...]
>|I am willing to do a significant part of the port if others are willing to
                                               ^^^^
>No PD AmigaTeX.  You will just have to buy it.

True, there's no PD AmigaTeX. But that doesn't answer his question.
The answer is, yes, you can get a free copy of the original generic
TeX developed by Knuth, and do the port yourself.

Although I wish that AmigaTeX was cheaper, I still think it's worth it
due to the amount of work necessary to do a port. The original is written
in web'ed Pascal, by the way. There are restrictions on the use of the name
TeX, involving certifying the ported version etc. These are likely wise,
considering that un-hacked-up TeX has "over a million bug-free user
hours" logged, according to Knuth. To be able to call something you've
modified "TeX", you have to meet certain criteria (I don't know details)
to show that your port/modification/whatever is of similarly high quality.

Try the TeX user's group for more info (TUG). Their publication is
called TUGBOAT.

	Doug Merritt		doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
			or	ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug