Re: Preprints/Reprints of Academic Papers in Packages
>>>>> "John" == John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> writes:
John> On 17 Mar 2002, Sam Hartman wrote:
>>>>>>> "C" == C M Connelly <cmc@debian.org> writes:
>>
C> Many packages contain preprints or reprints of academic papers
C> as part of their documentation. In many cases, there is no
C> ``source'' available for these documents -- they are
C> distributed as PostScript or PDF files.
>> One case that seems fairly clear to me is cases where the
>> upstream doesn't have the source either. If the upstream would
>> be stuck editing the ps or pdf if they wanted to modify the
>> document, then that document is its own source code at least
>> under the GPL definition.
John> What does the GPL definition have to do with Debian?
It seems a not unreasonable definition of source code to use.
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