Re: Permissions needed for publishing a book typeset using plain TeX?

"William F. Adams via texhax" <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Jan 2026 22:36:07 +0000 (UTC)
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On Friday, January 2, 2026 at 03:55:09 PM EST, Suresh Govindachar via texhax <[email protected]> wrote: 

>If a book is typeset using plain TeX (using the standard fonts and 
>macros, and pdftex) and self-published, what permissions would one need 
>from whosoever (AMS? Knuth?)?

No one.

TeX is in the public domain and it is simply a tool.

William