[cl-typesetting-devel] exscribe backend to cl-typesetting

[Faré]

Dear all,

at long last, I've reserved time to write a backend for exscribe to
produce PDF, and the obvious candidate is cl-typesetting. However, two
things are stopping me at this point:

* the cl-typesetting license is considered non-DFSG free, because its
advertising clause not only mandate advertising for derivative
products (in a way as obnoxious as the original BSD license) but also
for using products (should all my scribe program suddenly have to
include a disclaimer just because they can be used with a
cl-typesetting backend?)

* there seems to be no obvious way to do footnotes, and my technical
experience with cl-typesetting is not sufficient at this point to add
this feature. I could convert footnotes to end-of-text notes in the
meantime just like I do with the HTML backend, but that would be a
shame.

Is there any evolution to expect on these fronts? And/or what can be done?

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